Lethal Autonomous Weapons Systems (LAWS) refer to military systems that employ human-made algorithms to independently identify, search for, and engage targets without human intervention. LAWS refer to autonomous weapons systems with total or at least near-total independence from human control...

This paper explores various aspects of government propaganda. We begin by reviewing the key literature in economics related to politics, information, and propaganda. We then discuss the techniques and functions of government propaganda before turning to the political economy of propaganda. We...

Existing scholarship examines the moral status of markets, identifying some markets as “noxious”—markets deemed morally objectionable due to the background conditions preceding exchange and the resulting consequences. This literature primarily focuses on market exchanges between private...

This paper provides an overview of some of the key, and neglected, themes in Kenneth Boulding’s scholarship. We discuss three of his books—The Image, Stable Peace, and Three Faces of Power. These books reflect Boulding’s emphasis on individual agency, subjectivism, the nature of knowledge,...

What is the connection between mass surveillance and institutions of individual agency, freedom, and self-governance? Recent literature on “surveillance capitalism” argues that over the past two decades, the capitalist system has been transformed by Big Tech companies, which have commodified...

Contrary to predictions by many experts, Ukraine’s military has been resilient in the face of the Russian government’s invasion. Drawing on the logic of polycentric defense, this paper helps explain how Ukraine has remained resistant against a conventionally more powerful adversary. We argue...

This paper connects the theory of the market process to scholarship on nonviolent action. Doing so advances market process theory by bringing its interaction with nonviolent action and its peace-building potential to the forefront. It advances scholarship on nonviolent action by extending the...