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How tulips hacked markets, plus a financial reading of romance in Eileen Chang.

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Apr 29, 2021
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My last post touched on the idea that most technical processes governing our lives (e.g., the mechanics behind the financial crisis) lie beyond the reach of even the informed democratic vote. This is distressing! On multiple counts. The suggestion being that the link between public will and expression is, you know, defunct, and that we’ve closed the gap…

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