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On Fiat and Law

This is my third article on Modern Monetary Theory (MMT), Here are the prior ones. Hopefully this one will be better.

Jun 3, 2021

Jun 3, 2021

I Still Believe The National Debt is a Big Problem

I have finished digesting Chapter 3 of The Deficit Myth, and I still don’t agree with its premise that the national debt is not a big…

Mar 27, 2021

Mar 27, 2021

My journey into MMT

Taking a break from my history reading, I wish to once again wear the hat of the armchair macroeconomist.

Mar 19, 2021

Mar 19, 2021

LEO Catchers as a Launch Assist System

I mentioned this topic on this blog a few times:

Aug 19, 2019

Aug 19, 2019

The Value of Low Lunar Orbit Space Stations

I am a fan of space guns as a means of lifting material off a planet and into space. These would work horribly for Earth, but the moon is…

Dec 24, 2017

The Value of Low Lunar Orbit Space Stations

Dec 24, 2017

An Essay on AI and Incumbency

This a futurology piece, the study of the future.

Dec 23, 2017

Dec 23, 2017

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Practical Understanding of Lunar Cyclers

In the book Artemis by Andy Weir, people are ferried between the Earth and moon aboard space liners that follow “cycler” trajectories. Weir…

Dec 21, 2017

Practical Understanding of Lunar Cyclers

Dec 21, 2017

Interlocking Crescent Orbital Catchers

This post expands on the space-elevator-alternative launch system that uses an orbital electromagnetic track to catch a suborbital payload…

Oct 8, 2017

Interlocking Crescent Orbital Catchers

Oct 8, 2017

Suborbital Transit with Hovering

The mathematically optimal solution for the lowest-fuel trajectory to drive a rocket from one point on a planetary body to another (in…

Oct 8, 2017

Suborbital Transit with Hovering

Oct 8, 2017

The Ghosts that Haunt Engineering Visionaries

In 2003, I had just started in an engineering program. The pivotal technical core classes were still several semesters in the future, but I…

Jul 24, 2017

The Ghosts that Haunt Engineering Visionaries

Jul 24, 2017

Alan

Alan

Obligatory analytical writing, online participation account for Medium. Engineering, software, books, space, constant daydreaming.

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