This Note examines the development of the knowledge embodied in ‘artifacts’ – things we use and value that do not exist in nature. It focuses on ‘multi-player’ development -- advances by and for the many – and highlights its technical scaffolding and venturesome spirit. And it...

When a governmental crisis subsides, citizens are apt to wonder whether all the deficit spending is going to cost something. This situation is the subject of wildly differing views. Which view appears to be most nearly right? The Keynesian view that public debt serves to pull up employment, thus...