The Handmaid’s Tale of Sacrifice for the Good of Society

My wife and I have been watching The Handmaid’s Tale on Hulu and have been enjoying the dystopian tale quite a bit. For those who haven’t read the novel nor watched the show, the story is told in 1st person point of view by a…

The Far-From-Equilibrium City

Introduction

“Two dangers constantly threaten the world: order and disorder” — Paul Valery

In economics, in which equilibrium is a central tenet, the very title of this paper is provocative. However, the title could as…

The Parable of the Amazon Farmer

There once was a man who came to the Amazon and was disappointed at seeing the trees and bushes, vines and orchids hanging in the limbs, leaves scattered everywhere, insects crawling along the leaf litter, limbs, and lianas, birds singing and squawking, mammals calling…