Archive for the 'economics'

• Don’t ask me — I’m a Qualit!

February 8th, 2013 by Charles Cameron

Posted in alcohol, britain, Charles Cameron, christianity, economics, mathematics, quant & qualit, Uncategorized | 4 comments

• “Sustaining” your Way to Serfdom as a Grand Strategy

January 14th, 2013 by zen

Posted in #FAIL, 2013, 21st century, America, analytic, change, Creepy-state, democracy, dystopia, economics, extremists, Failed State, foreign policy, freedom, geopolitics, government, ideas, intellectuals, legitimacy, logic, national security, Oligarchy, politics, protest, reform, society, state failure, strategy, theory, think tanks, threat | 25 comments

• Strategy, Power and Diffusion

November 19th, 2012 by zen

Posted in 19th century, 20th century, 21st century, 4GW, Afghanistan, America, analytic, asymmetric, china, complex systems, counterinsurgency, counterintuitive, DIME, economics, history, ideas, insurgency, logic, military, military history, national security, non-state actors, physics, politics, russia, state building, state failure, strategy, Strategy and War, Tactics, Taliban, theory, van creveld, war, warriors, william lind, wwii | 22 comments

• New Book: The Rise of Siri by Shlok Vaidya

November 13th, 2012 by zen

Posted in 21st century, 4GW, Adaptability, authors, blog-friends, book, corporations, cultural intelligence, cyberpunk, dystopia, economics, fiction, fun, futurism, globalization, military contractor, national security, organizations, politics, primary loyalties, reading, resilience, security, shlok, society, state failure, tech, uncertainty | 2 comments

• State Failure is the Child of Oligarchy

August 12th, 2012 by zen

Posted in academia, analytic, culture, dystopia, economic determinism, economics, Evolution, government, history, ideas, intellectuals, leadership, Oligarchy, philosophy, politics, social science, society, state failure, theory | 1 comment