Information rules (Part 2: Capitalism, democracy and the path forward)

Information rules (Part 2: Capitalism, democracy and the path forward) Phuah Eng Chye (21 November 2020) Information rules and capitalism Information rules, particularly those that codify rights, play a critical role in shaping social relations and reinforcing ideological beliefs. Katharina Pistor points out the coding of assets “have characterized the evolution of capitalism over the … “Information rules (Part 2: Capitalism, democracy and the path forward)”

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Information rules (Part 1: Law, code and changing rules of the game)

Information rules (Part 1: Law, code and changing rules of the game) Phuah Eng Chye (7 November 2020) Every age has its potential regulator, its threat to liberty. Our founders feared a newly empowered federal government; the Constitution is written against that fear. John Stuart Mill worried about the regulation by social norms in nineteenth-century … “Information rules (Part 1: Law, code and changing rules of the game)”

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