Political Economy

This series traces how economies absorb, adapt, and evolve through 'development blocks' where technologies and logistics create new worlds, but policy shapes their direction and social impact.

Analyzing the long-term consequences of the gasoline tax pact, including urban sprawl, systemic fragility, and the challenges of rebuilding transit in an auto-dependent landscape.

Examining the systematic dismantling of streetcar networks by National City Lines, backed by GM and oil companies, and the criminal conspiracy that replaced electric transit with buses.

An exploration of how the gasoline tax created a dedicated funding stream for roads while systematically undermining transit, leading to auto-dependent cities and the Great Streetcar Scandal.

Tracing the origins of the gasoline tax as a user-funded model that created a self-reinforcing loop favoring roads over transit, setting the stage for America's auto-dependent infrastructure.

An exploration of the hidden costs and externalities of convenience in modern systems, from design philosophy to political economy.

The Free Trade Myth: free trade is not the magic bullet it's claimed to be.