Economics

The product development compulsion and the chronic problem of donor overload

The money moving syndrome and the institutional drive for disbursement over development

A sketch of the development industry and its self-perpetuating structure

Introducing a 10-part series examining the foreign aid industry through the lens of David Sims' 50 years of experience and his book Development Delusions and Contradictions.

Instant noodles were invented by a 'heroic entrepreneur.' Except they weren't—they emerged from Japan's postwar food system, government policy, and collective innovation. The entrepreneur myth hides how business success really happens.

What your dinner plate reveals about markets, power, and the future of work. A series exploring how everyday foods expose the hidden forces shaping our economy—from the care economy to corporate power, from automation to trade wars.

Debunking economic myths about immigration - examining the evidence on jobs, wages, and prosperity.

How physical limits imposed by climate change and resource scarcity are making Bauhaus principles not optional ethical positions, but unavoidable economic necessities.

Examining how waste is not an anomaly or failure in growth-dependent economies, but rather a structural necessity designed into production and consumption systems.

How growth-dependent capitalism systematically undermined durability and introduced planned obsolescence as an economic necessity.