Reynolds Taylor
@reynoldstaylor.bsky.social
Human rights attorney, Author of (Ir)rational, a substack on ideas for economic reinvention (irrationalreview.substack.com), DC resident & TX native // she,her
Trump gave a speech to the UN yesterday and it was weird.
It was also a good example of why global coordination – a giant prisoner’s dilemma – doesn’t work if there’s a madman at the helm.
New post out today on Substack, exploring exactly this.
open.substack.com/pub/irration...
It was also a good example of why global coordination – a giant prisoner’s dilemma – doesn’t work if there’s a madman at the helm.
New post out today on Substack, exploring exactly this.
open.substack.com/pub/irration...
The Prisoner’s Dilemma Doesn’t Do Well With Chaos. Or Authoritarianism.
Global coordination efforts may need a new game theory. Trump and other bad actors aren’t playing to win as much as they’re playing to stay in the game. The goal is perpetual motion rather than resolu...
open.substack.com
September 24, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Trump gave a speech to the UN yesterday and it was weird.
It was also a good example of why global coordination – a giant prisoner’s dilemma – doesn’t work if there’s a madman at the helm.
New post out today on Substack, exploring exactly this.
open.substack.com/pub/irration...
It was also a good example of why global coordination – a giant prisoner’s dilemma – doesn’t work if there’s a madman at the helm.
New post out today on Substack, exploring exactly this.
open.substack.com/pub/irration...
The United States’ housing problem has no shortage of causes or culprits. But the most intriguing explanation I’ve yet to come across is this:
We don’t move as much as we used to. We’re staying in place.
Read here 👉
We don’t move as much as we used to. We’re staying in place.
Read here 👉
The Material Consequence of Localism: If We Moved More, Maybe We’d Have More Housing.
The United States’ housing problem has no shortage of causes or culprits. But the most intriguing explanation I’ve yet to come across is this: We don’t move as much as we used to. We’re staying in pla...
open.substack.com
May 22, 2025 at 7:27 PM
The United States’ housing problem has no shortage of causes or culprits. But the most intriguing explanation I’ve yet to come across is this:
We don’t move as much as we used to. We’re staying in place.
Read here 👉
We don’t move as much as we used to. We’re staying in place.
Read here 👉
It’s easy to understand why abundance feels better than scarcity. For one, the politics are simpler. But the discourse on the left right now (Abundance vs. something closer to De-growth) suggests there's a binary choice to be made - and there's not. irrationalreview.substack.com/p/a-primer-o...
April 10, 2025 at 3:58 PM
It’s easy to understand why abundance feels better than scarcity. For one, the politics are simpler. But the discourse on the left right now (Abundance vs. something closer to De-growth) suggests there's a binary choice to be made - and there's not. irrationalreview.substack.com/p/a-primer-o...