social contract
22 episodes mention this concept
PredictiveHistoryJan 27, 2026From British Hegemony to America's Global Game: The Evolution of World Power and the Dollar System
GeopoliticsBank of EnglandSoft PowerBritish NavyGold Standard
barryseconomicsOct 22, 2025Are the Super-Rich Gods? A Metaphor for Hyper-Capitalism and Wealth Inequality
EconomicsWhipping boy (historical)Hyper-capitalismWealth inequalityTax injustice
psychacksSep 15, 2025The Price of Safety: Civility as the Cost of Protection and Social Harmony
PsychologyCost of safetyCivilityRelational needsZero-sum goods- psychacksJul 21, 2025
All Men Are Incels: A Reinterpretation of Involuntary Celibacy, Consent, and the Social Contract of Sex
RelationshipsInvoluntary celibacy (incel)PejorativeMisogynistSexual desire 
EconomicsExplainedJun 12, 2025Why Trillions of Foreign Aid Hasn't Solved Poverty: An Economic Analysis of Its Failures and Future
EconomicsForeign AidDevelopment AidHumanitarian AssistanceLow-income Equilibria- PredictiveHistoryJun 5, 2025
The Birth and Evolution of the Nation-State: Religious, Economic, and Socio-Cultural Origins
HistoryNation-stateSovereigntyNational identityProtestant Reformation - PredictiveHistoryOct 8, 2024
Elite Overproduction and the Bronze Age Collapse: A Cyclical Theory of Societal Instability
HistoryBronze Age CollapseElite OverproductionRent-seeking behaviorSystems collapse - EconomicsExplainedNov 17, 2023
Norway's Economic Paradox: Managing New Trillions in Phosphate Wealth and Avoiding the Resource Curse
EconomicsSovereign Wealth FundResource CurseStrategic Raw MaterialEgalitarian Culture 
NewEconomicThinkingFeb 23, 2022Coding Capital: The Legal Architecture of Wealth and Inequality
EconomicsCoding capitalSocial resource (legal system)Private wealth creationLegal protections- NewEconomicThinkingOct 5, 2021
Building a Resilient Society: Navigating Shocks, Externalities, and the New Normal
EconomicsResilienceRobustnessRisk AvoidanceVolatility Paradox - NewEconomicThinkingSep 7, 2021
On Developing a North Star Vision for a Better Society: Automation, Belonging, and Liberatory Education
PhilosophyNorth Star VisionSocial ContractUniversal Basic Income (UBI)Automation and Future of Work - NewEconomicThinkingFeb 11, 2021
East-West Pandemic Response and the Future of Global Governance: Lessons from China and Asia
GeopoliticsPandemic responseSARS (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome)R-value (Reproduction number)Lockdowns - NewEconomicThinkingJan 28, 2021
The Future of Work: Technology, Inequality, and the Social Contract in the Digital Era
EconomicsTechnological unemploymentAutomation and DigitizationSocial contractEconomic inequality - EconomicsExplainedJan 3, 2021
China's Innovative Livestock Program for Sustainable Poverty Alleviation
EconomicsGenie coefficientExtreme povertyState-owned enterprisesPurchasing Power Parity (PPP) - NewEconomicThinkingNov 11, 2020
The Evolving Impact of AI, Automation, and Digital Technologies on Labor, Inequality, and Society
EconomicsSocial contractDynamic transitionModern digital technologiesLabor market 
lexfridmanOct 2, 2020Michael Malice on Anarchy, Love, Trolling, and the Deconstruction of State Authority
PhilosophyAnarchismLibertarianismSocial Contract TheoryPolitical Authority- NewEconomicThinkingSep 24, 2020
The Future of Work: Navigating Technological Disruption, Inequality, and the Evolving Social Contract
EconomicsAI technologyNatural Language Processing (NLP)RoboticsMachine Vision - NewEconomicThinkingAug 23, 2020
Wendy Brown: Neoliberalism, Pandemic, and the Crisis of Democratic Freedom
PhilosophyNeoliberalismDisenchantmentDesacralizationHyper-capitalism - NewEconomicThinkingAug 23, 2020
Rethinking the 21st Century Social Contract Amidst COVID-19: Fragility, Inequality, and Technological Acceleration
EconomicsSocial Contract (21st Century)Fragility of WorkIncome InequalityGig Economy - NewEconomicThinkingAug 23, 2020
The Pandemic's Unmasking: Global Solidarity, African Development, and the Future of Economics Amidst COVID-19
GeopoliticsGlobal solidarityGlobal villageSiloed responsesEnlightened self-interest - NewEconomicThinkingDec 7, 2018
Rethinking Economics: Morality, Preferences, and the Social Contract of Finance
EconomicsIncentiveBribeConsumer modelPreferences - NewEconomicThinkingJun 27, 2018
Reclaiming Capitalism: Deconstructing the Illusion of an Unchangeable System
EconomicsCapitalism as an illusionNaturalization of marketsSocial construction of marketsNeoconservatism
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Concepts that appear alongside social contract across episodes.
- universal basic income (ubi)
- neoliberalism
- disenchantment
- societal resilience
- egalitarian culture
- property rights
- externalities
- productivity growth
- sexual marketplace
- government pension fund of norway
- political corruption
- caregiving responsibilities
- asset means test
- cost of safety
- growth at all costs
- public goods
- sovereign wealth fund
- upskilling workers
- natural order
- incentive