Development and Inequality

A historical-psychological post-mortem that traces neoliberalism to colonial rent-seeking in Madeira. It frames atomization as a neurobiological assault fueling authoritarian killer clowns and uses complexity theory to show deregulation turning networks into mutual incendiary devices. The answer, a politics of belonging built on commons and public luxury.

Proposing a new restoration story based on deliberative democracy and the concept of public luxury.

Utilizing complex systems theory to explain the 2008 crash and the impending ecological collapse.

Connecting the neurobiology of social pain to the political ascent of the "killer clowns."

Analyzing how privatization and "rent-seeking" hollowed out the welfare state and concentrated global wealth.

Tracing the rise of corporate-funded think tanks and the deliberate dismantling of the social contract.

Investigating the origins of neoliberalism and its foundations in the "fairy tale" of colonial extraction.

The inescapable trap: why the aid industry cannot reform itself and what that means for the future

Why the aid industry can't see the economy where most people actually live and work