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Author Duke Johnson
@authordukejohnson.bsky.social
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Blazing trails of inspiration so others may pave better ways.

Politically advocating for a compassionate meritocracy, economically for compassionism, and socially for liberty: https://sites.google.com/view/compassionatemeritocracy

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Most contemporary economic systems were developed for industrial-age conditions where human labor was essential for production, near-full employment was achievable, and ecological limits seemed distant - assumptions that no longer hold.
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Normative Economic Evaluation for the Automation Age
A comprehensive framework for assessing whether economic systems can support human flourishing under contemporary conditions
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January 24, 2026 at 12:31 PM
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Public Trust Housing: Stability Through Collective Ownership
A proven model operating in parallel to the private market
#EconSky #Housing #Economics
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Public Trust Housing: Stability Through Collective Ownership
A proven model operating in parallel to the private market
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January 19, 2026 at 1:37 PM
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The US could solve housing insecurity for 500k households with the same $50B HUD annual spend by incorporating a Public Trust model.
Results: $150B in community wealth instead of $0, plus #AcreEquity accumulation instead of high dependency. #EconSky #Housing
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January 13, 2026 at 4:29 AM
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To call the Nordic Model “the best we can do” is like calling the typewriter the pinnacle of communication technology in 1985. It’s elegant, it works, and it’s miles ahead of a quill — but the internet is coming.

#EconSky #Economics #Audit #DataScience #SocialScience
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The Nordic Myth: Why the World’s “Best” Economy is Headed for a Structural Cliff
For decades, the global Left has pointed to Scandinavia as the “End of History.” With low poverty, universal healthcare, and high trust…
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January 11, 2026 at 10:24 PM
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Clear ultimatum to the economics profession:

Either demonstrate that NEEC is internally inconsistent or empirically false, or present a superior framework that outperforms it across the same criteria.
#EconSky #Economics #EconomicSciences #Econometrics

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Standing Challenge: Beat This Economic Framework or Adopt It
A comprehensive evaluation system for economic systems issues an ultimatum to the economics profession
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January 6, 2026 at 7:17 PM
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Presenting a criteria framework that enables rational evaluation of economic systems - validating research that demonstrates comprehensive superiority of the CCO-PTF model over the field.

#EconSky #EconomicSciences #SocialSciences #Money #EconomicSystems #Finance

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Confronting Economic Ideology: Rigorous Evaluation Criteria for Comparing Competing Systems
How should the social sciences determine which economic system best delivers human flourishing? And does any system actually satisfy all…
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January 1, 2026 at 11:54 PM
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When corruption becomes technically infeasible, economically irrational, and competitively disadvantageous, corruptors cease corrupting — not through virtue, but through futility.

#EconSky #Politics #PolicyReform #PoliticalScience #Voting #Elections #Democracy #Economy

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Beyond Reform: How Distributed Architecture Can Make Democracy Incorruptible
Citizens Internet Portal: A framework for structural immunity to corruption through technology, economics, and institutional design
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December 31, 2025 at 4:36 PM
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A Framework for Democratic Governance Immune to Capture.

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#Voting #Election #Corruption #JudicialGuard #EconSky #PoliticalScience #Policy #PoliticalReform #SocialScience
December 30, 2025 at 5:30 PM
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Defining "Best": A Criteria Framework for Evaluating Economic Systems in the Automation Era

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#EconSky #Economics #Economy #Automation #AI #EconomicTheoryValidated
December 30, 2025 at 12:17 AM
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The Economics Profession Has Failed Civilization By Rewarding Conformity and Punishing Solutions
#EconSky #Economics #Economy #EconomicScience #EconomicFaculty
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The Economics Profession Has Failed Civilization By Rewarding Conformity and Punishing Solutions
Conformity Amidst Calamity
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December 4, 2025 at 11:45 PM
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The Definitive Economic Debate: Why Creative Currency Octaves Outperforms Every Economic School in the Automation Era #EconSky #Economics #Economy #Debate medium.com/@duke.t.jame...
The Definitive Economic Debate: Why Creative Currency Octaves Outperforms Every Economic School in…
The Issues Economics Can No Longer Avoid
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December 4, 2025 at 4:43 AM
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Corporate Transformation Under CCO-PTF Integration: Reimagining Work Structure in the Age of A.I., Automation, and Quantum Computing #EconSky www.academia.edu/145120360/Co...
December 1, 2025 at 4:46 PM
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The 25-Hour Workweek Is Coming — And It Won’t Tank the Economy #EconSky
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The 25-Hour Workweek Is Coming — And It Won’t Tank the Economy
How Federal Reserve reform, quantum computing, and creative currency systems could transform corporate America while boosting productivity
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November 24, 2025 at 3:50 PM
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Dismantling Desperation: Why the Fertility Crisis Won’t be Solved Without Economic Liberation #EconSky #Feminism #VICE #MarketDynamics #Banking #Finance #Gold #Cash #Money

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Dismantling Desperation: Why the Fertility Crisis Won’t be Solved Without Economic Liberation
Concerning sex work and woman’s liberation - society spent decades debating criminalization vs. legalization, yet missed the economic…
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November 20, 2025 at 3:49 PM
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Economic Liberation and Women’s Autonomy: Policy Effects on Sex Work, Trafficking, and Gender-Based Economic Coercion. #Economics #EconSky #WomensLiberation #AntiTrafficking www.academia.edu/145021062/Ec...
Economic Liberation and Women's Autonomy - Policies on Sex Work, Trafficking, and Gender Based Economic Coercion
This paper examines how integrated economic security frameworks affect women’s liberation from survival sex work, trafficking, and gender-based economic coercion. Building upon established Creative Cu...
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November 19, 2025 at 12:56 AM
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Dismantling Exploitation - pie.yt?v=https://yo... #EconSky
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November 18, 2025 at 11:19 AM
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Economic Security, Sex Work, and Trafficking Outcomes Under CCO-PTF-CIP-SZH Framework
DeepDive Podcast by NoteBookLM.
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November 18, 2025 at 10:49 AM
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Debate Podcast - Economic Security, Sex Work, and Trafficking Outcomes Under CCO-PTF-CIP-SZH Framework
Debate Podcast by NoteBookLM.
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November 18, 2025 at 10:48 AM
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Refine.Ink A.I. Research Review Note
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Seeking Technical Researchers to Update Research Hub. #EconSky www.reddit.com/r/EconomicId...
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November 18, 2025 at 12:18 AM
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An Economic Symphony: Composing The New Score of Sound Money medium.com/@duke.t.jame... #EconSky #Economics #Money #Finance #Banking #Economy
An Economic Symphony: Composing The New Score of Sound Money
Creative-Currency Octaves: A Dual-Currency Architecture That Eliminates Poverty Without Inflation and Harmoniously Turns Beauty Into Legal…
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November 16, 2025 at 1:22 PM
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The Economic Renaissance Corporate Media Refuses to Cover: Creative Currency Octaves and the New Architecture of Trust medium.com/@duke.t.jame... #EconSky #Economics #Money #Finance #Banking #Economy
The Economic Renaissance Corporate Media Refuses to Cover: Creative Currency Octaves and the New…
Over a decade ago, a revolutionary idea quietly emerged — Creative Currency Octaves (CCO) — an economic framework designed to reimagine…
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November 13, 2025 at 8:54 PM
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Rewriting the Federal Reserve’s Mandate: From Failed Dual Goals to Human Flourishing medium.com/@duke.t.jame... #EconSky #Economy #Money #Banking #Finance #FederalReserve #CentralBanking
Rewriting the Federal Reserve’s Mandate: From Failed Dual Goals to Human Flourishing
Why the Fed’s “Dual Mandate” No Longer Serves the People
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November 11, 2025 at 11:47 PM
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Beyond MMT: How Creative Currency Octaves & Public Trust Foundations Reinvent Monetary Policy medium.com/@duke.t.jame... #MMTFinance #EconSky #Economy #Money
Beyond MMT: How Creative Currency Octaves & Public Trust Foundations Reinvent Monetary Policy
A Comparative Look at CCO/PTF vs. Modern Monetary Theory (MMT)
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November 11, 2025 at 12:57 AM
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Beyond the Broken System: Why Economists Must Study Radical Economic Reform
A new framework challenges us to confront the corrupted foundations of inequality — and imagine what harmonized policy could achieve. #EconSky medium.com/@duke.t.jame...
Beyond the Broken System: Why Economists Must Study Radical Economic Reform
N.Y. Times style Op-ed: A new framework challenges us to confront the corrupted foundations of inequality — and imagine what harmonized…
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November 7, 2025 at 6:39 PM
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Beyond Academic Gatekeeping & X-cents Research (working) Papers. #EconSky #Economics #Economy www.reddit.com/r/EconomicId...
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