Category: economics
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Ownership in 2026
You own a paper book and licence an ebook. Ownership in 2026 means the right to resell, and the law still draws that line by file type today.
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Economic Geography: Why Small Towns Empty Out
Agglomeration explains why some towns compound and others empty out. The useful question for a small town is what it can sell to people who live elsewhere.
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Why a T-shirt Outlasts a Pizza
A pizza costs more each year while a T-shirt gets cheaper. Baumol’s cost disease explains the split between goods that trade and services that need people.
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Enshitification South Africa
Pack sizes shrink, recipes get cheaper and the shelf price holds. The defence is arithmetic: price per kilogram, price per litre and the ingredient list.