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The Economy Hub

Five volumes on how the world economy works, written for general readers who want to see the machinery. Each chapter answers one question, and every claim carries its evidence.

Volume I: Frameworks — book coverTHE ECONOMY HUBIVOLUME ONEFrameworksEconomic systems, in theoryand in practice.

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Economic systems, in theory and in practice.

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Volume II: History — book coverTHE ECONOMY HUBIIVOLUME TWOHistoryExchange and its institutions,from barter to the attention market.

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Exchange and its institutions, from barter to the attention market.

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Volume III: Countries — book coverTHE ECONOMY HUBIIIVOLUME THREECountriesWhy national outcomes diverge.

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Why national outcomes diverge.

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Volume IV: Work — book coverTHE ECONOMY HUBIVVOLUME FOURWorkLabor, hours, wages,and the purpose of a job.

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Labor, hours, wages, and the purpose of a job.

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Volume V: Pathologies — book coverTHE ECONOMY HUBVVOLUME FIVEPathologiesFailure modes, and how economistsknow what they know.

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Failure modes, and how economists know what they know.

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Beyond the shelf

The Ledger

A household, walked through a century of documented snapshots — job, hours, income, home, transport, who earns, and what things cost — with every price shown in the money of the day and in the hours of work it took to earn it. First edition: an American household, 1900–2025.

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