Scraping the Sky

Life on the tip of the economic pyramid

Dec 9 • Brett Scott

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The Ouroboros Economy

Part 9 of Introduction to Econ Life

Dec 3 • Brett Scott

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24:36

November 2025

Is Black Friday a Spell?

How a description of herding became a prescription to stampede

Nov 25 • Brett Scott

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What David Graeber can teach you about narco gangs, airports and your boss

There's more to the economic world than just cold exchange

Nov 19 • Brett Scott

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7:36

Levelling up my MMT (Part 1)

Reflections on democratic vs. technocratic uses of knowledge

Nov 18 • Brett Scott

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October 2025

An open letter to all those building AI in 2025

Face the nightmare before you buy into the dream

Oct 30 • Brett Scott

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Corporate capitalism explained in 10 minutes

Adapting my Lego Capitalism series to video

Oct 23 • Brett Scott

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11:24

Bufferland

How corporations violate us and make their employees suffer for it

Oct 17 • Brett Scott

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Why you should resist cashless society

Big Fintech isn't our friend, and we should fight it

Oct 10 • Brett Scott

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15:12

The Ten Layers of Finance

Understanding the world's most powerful industry, from sunlight to securitization

Oct 3 • Brett Scott

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September 2025

Modern Monetary Theory: A Primer

A beginner's guide to the world's most controversial monetary theory

Sep 23 • Brett Scott

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20:01

Making Capitalism Bad Again

How ditching the cognitive dissonance of liberalism makes some men feel secure once more

Sep 17 • Brett Scott

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