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In Cities and the Wealth of Nations, Jane Jacobs explained how tariffs can help cities by encouraging them to replace imports. But she also said that each city needs its own currency to allow proper feedback. So unless Trump is planning on multiplying currencies, these tariffs won't help cities.
March 3, 2025 at 9:36 PM
In Cities and the Wealth of Nations, Jane Jacobs explained how tariffs can help cities by encouraging them to replace imports. But she also said that each city needs its own currency to allow proper feedback. So unless Trump is planning on multiplying currencies, these tariffs won't help cities.
In Debt: The First 5,000 Years, Graeber explained how markets are economic traps of domination supported by the violence of the state. What else is there? Tabs. Contract work. Gift economies. We need more tabs like in Cheers, fewer non-relationship transactions. We all exist within an economic trap.
January 31, 2025 at 5:26 PM
In Debt: The First 5,000 Years, Graeber explained how markets are economic traps of domination supported by the violence of the state. What else is there? Tabs. Contract work. Gift economies. We need more tabs like in Cheers, fewer non-relationship transactions. We all exist within an economic trap.
Anyone put together a Jane Jacobs starter pack yet?
November 20, 2024 at 12:09 AM
Anyone put together a Jane Jacobs starter pack yet?