--what Michael Sandel gets right about Ego Merit, and what DIT adds as Empathy Merit on the way to finding the common good

The answer is not either extreme. America needs an evidence-based, dual-interest constitutional democracy.

Why markets alone cannot protect land, water, wildlife, and the public interest

ABC is laying the groundwork for a landmark First Amendment fight.

Seems the thing to do Right now is to ban anything associated with acronyms like DEI, LGBTQ, USAID, DE ... so how about adding BLPT to the list?

--- but only after Democracy was nearly boiled away

--- but only after Democracy was nearly boiled away

--- but only after Democracy was nearly boiled away

Why Bombs Cannot Win a War Over the Profane & Sacred Balance

Why Bombs Cannot Win a War Over the Profane & Sacred Balance

--- being BS is being used to convince Americans to move to a rule of men vertical power patrimony, the book by moral philosopher Harry G Frankfurt On Bullshit should be required reading

Metaeconomics suggests that going back to the 15th century way to resolve global conflicts is, well, out-of-date. It never did work. So, why do we think it will work now? Just asking…and, oh, we nee...

Some Metaeconomic reflections on free speech, disinformation, and Europe’s long memory

Or, in Dual Interest Theory (DIT) terms: Need for a unifying shared-with-the-other interest.

A Metaeconomic Way to Spot Trouble … and, Lots of Trouble is Around Right Now

How the war on empathy threatens the American Ethic — and what Metaeconomics teaches us about saving democracy and the economy embedded within it

Why Neofascism Pretends to Love “Free Markets”

--- a Dual Interest Theory perspective from The Metaeconomic Order

--- a Dual Interest Theory perspective from The Metaeconomic Order

Modern economics is facing a crisis of meaning, having moved away from moral philosophy. It is time to bring it back.

Been wondering about the fact content of political and religious claims since I was 10-years old, listening to conversations and debates in the family and community. And, ...

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Forget the “communist” noise.

Why “Big Beautiful Bill” Is Just the Latest Mask of an Ancient Disease

Metaeconomic take on Extreme Inequality inspired by Adam Smith and made sense with Dual Interest Theory

… resolved only by empathy-with going in every direction

The current political race for mayor of New York stirred this post. Why? Well, the Democratic Socialist was claimed to be a communist, while the Scroogists were applauded. What is going on?

When fear, loss, and identity override empathy, the vertical instinct returns.

A Metaeconomic Reflection on Democracy, Authoritarian Nationalism, and Empathy

Economics started as moral philosophy: The Ethic was prominent. Modern Economics removed explicit consideration of the Ethic, putting all focus on the Incentive. The Project of Metaeconomics is to b...

--- easier read ... try it ... then go to the deeper read...

… because of the move to a Neopatrimonialism represented in a competitive authoritarianism project, justified by cargo-cult (make-believe) science

---the gradual but continual move to a vertical power rule of men patrimony is going to boil the frogs --- jump out, before it is too late

Review and MetaEcon Commentary on Rose, Matthew. A World after Liberalism: Philosophers of the Radical Right. Yale University Press, 2021.