Policy and Critique

Famines are never purely natural. Every famine is shaped by political decisions—who controls food, who gets access, and who is allowed to starve.

Disasters devastate the many but enrich the few. Understanding elite disaster strategies reveals how catastrophe reinforces rather than challenges existing power structures.

Every disaster forces brutal choices about who to save and who to abandon. These decisions—explicit in crisis, implicit in policy—reveal society's true values.

Cities that burn repeatedly do so for political reasons, not just technical ones. Fire policy reveals who matters—and who can be sacrificed to the flames.

How political systems shape disaster response—and how disasters reshape political systems. From ancient famines to modern hurricanes, who gets saved and who gets sacrificed reveals the true nature of power.

Natural disasters are never purely natural. The earthquake, flood, or famine kills selectively—and the selection criteria reveal the hidden architecture of political and economic power.

The ultimate failure of rational market theory in the face of human behavior, culminating in the 2008 financial crisis and the need for integrity in finance.

How behavioral economics challenged the rational market hypothesis, revealing systematic human biases and the limits of arbitrage.

The rise of the Efficient Market Hypothesis and its transformation of finance, from academic theory to Wall Street practice and corporate governance.

How World War II operations research techniques transformed finance, giving rise to modern portfolio theory and the concept of Statistical Man.