The Marketplace by Quy Ma

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Markets Don’t Collapse. They Empty.
Why modern economic failure looks quiet, rational, and easy to miss
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The Marketization of War
How Drones, AI, and Markets Rewired Power on the Battlefield
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The Economy Has Plenty of Money. It's Just Not Moving.
Why circulation explains what GDP, wages, and headlines can't
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Incentives and Punishment Are the Real Policy
Why systems rarely need rules to shape behavior
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You're Paying for Everything Twice
Why the costs that matter most never show up on a bill
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Why the U.S. Navy Is Boarding Russia’s “Shadow Fleet” Oil Tankers
How sanctions pushed Russian oil into gray markets—and why states are now stepping in to enforce global energy flows
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The Marketplace Is the System
How markets shape civilization before politics, ideology, or governance
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The Skipped Middle
Why big changes fail when transitions become all-or-nothing
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What Iran’s Empty Shelves Reveal About Market Coordination
What Iran’s currency crisis reveals about how markets actually work
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The Marketplace by Quy Ma
The Marketplace by Quy Ma
An exploration of markets as systems — how incentives, defaults, and technology shape behavior, power, and the future of value, with a focus on political and digital economies.
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