• When Entrepreneurs Meet: The Collective Governance of New Ideas

    A book published with World Scientific. When Entrepreneurs Meet: The Collective Governance of New Ideas challenges our understanding of how entrepreneurs crystallize opportunities surrounding new technologies. While innovation is the fundamental driver of growth and prosperity, how the earliest stages of entrepreneurship are governed remains elusive. This book creates a new, institutional approach to understanding…

  • The New Technologies of Freedom

    Book published with the American Institute for Economic Research (with Chris Berg and Sinclair Davidson). We are on the cusp of a dramatic wave of technological change – from blockchain to automated smart contracts, artificial intelligence and machine learning to advances in cryptography and digitisation, from Internet of Things to advanced communications technologies. These are…

  • Unfreeze: How to Create a High Growth Economy After the Pandemic

    Book published with the American Institute for Economic Research (with Chris Berg, Sinclair Davidson, Aaron M Lane and Jason Potts) We spell out the policy settings necessary for the rapid adaptation and market re-coordination that is required to resuscitate the economy. We explain why a return to business as usual is simply not enough to…

  • Cryptodemocracy: How Blockchain can Radically Expand Democratic Choice

    Book published with Lexington (with Chris Berg and Aaron Lane) A cryptodemocracy is cryptographically-secured collective choice infrastructure on which individuals coordinate their voting property rights. Drawing on economic and political theory, a cryptodemocracy is a more fluid and emergent form of collective choice. This book examines these theoretical characteristics before exploring specific applications of a…

  • Australia’s Red Tape Crisis: The Causes and Costs of Over-regulation

    A co-edited book with Connor Court (co-edited with Chris Berg) Red tape costs the Australian economy as much as $176 billion a year. Governments create and enforce thousands of regulations on our workplaces and our communities. These rules slow and prevent businesses forming, people from flourishing, new technologies from being adopted, and hold back Australia’s…

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