There is growing interest in using distributed ledger technologies, such as blockchain, to support social assistance activities. Non-profit organisations, such as charities and philanthropic foundations, have come under closer scrutiny in the wake of highly publicised financial scandals. These...

Trust is a fundamental precondition underpinning exchange and economic coordination between heterogeneous agents, but is costly to maintain. Given the potential for agents to enjoy zero-sum gains by opportunistically betraying the trust of exchanging counterparties, an edifice of occupational...

In recent years a number studies have been produced offering a model of socio-political change, albeit erected on largely economic foundations. These studies, presenting a model of “utopia competition,” suggest that citizens invest economic resources in support of their preferred...

We explore the connection between new decentralised data infrastructure and the spatial organisation of cities. Recent advances in digital technologies for data generation, storage and coordination (e.g. blockchain-based supply chains and proof-of-location services) enables more granulated,...

Richard Wagner is a key figure in the development of public choice theory. In recent years he has sought to revitalize the economics of politics using analytical tools drawn from complexity, evolutionary, and network sciences. Together with his explicit emphasis upon process in the study of...

This chapter seeks to address the following question: to what extent does the retail trading engagement with Gamestop of early 2021 resemble a social movement? The chapter provides a presentation of social movement theoretical aspects which appear apt in explaining the GSS, including collective...

This paper presents ‘crypto public choice’ which examines the economics of collective decision making in the functioning of blockchain protocols and among related communities of users. We introduce the blockchain community to public choice theory and show how it can be applied to the study...

Introduction Meg Tuszynski -- Beneficial vs. Problematic Entanglement: A Taxonomy-Rosolino Candela -- Can Classical Liberalism Transcend the Distinction Between Reason and Sentiment?-Dave Hebert -- Mr. President, Tear Down This Fence-Jim Caton -- Community and Reason in a Pluralistic...