History and Critical Analysis

Exploring the origins of neoliberalism from the Madeira deforestation to the 1938 Paris conference.

Examining methodological approaches to studying invisible circular economies through advanced technology and archival analysis.

Exploring the complex motivations behind reuse in antiquity, from functional necessity to spiritual beliefs and ideological statements.

Exploring the organized circular networks for everyday materials like glass and textiles, revealing global supply chains in antiquity.

Examining how imperial elites in Rome and Abbasid courts systematically employed reuse and recycling, combining pragmatic resource management with political symbolism.

Exploring how ancient civilizations developed sophisticated circular economic systems through recycling, reuse, and resource optimization, revealing practices that modern economies are rediscovering.

Exploring the crucial role of junk dealers and ragpickers in ancient circular economies, revealing how marginalized figures optimized resource use across millennia.

The unexpected leadership lesson from Genghis Khan: how embracing a blank page built the largest contiguous empire in history.

The bizarre story of the 1718 Puckle Gun, designed to fire square bullets at Muslims as a form of religious warfare.

Most oil-rich nations suffer economic decline, corruption, and political instability. Norway did the opposite. Here's the counterintuitive economics of why natural wealth usually destroys nations – and the specific policies that made Norway the exception.