Mission

We find, cultivate, and share data-driven and design-centered economic ideas and solutions aligned with the three tenets of design economics.

Design Economics Tenet #1

Acknowledging Change: Acknowledgment that social systems evolve from and respond to social and environmental realities–all paradigms have a lifespan. Paradigms…

Design Economics Tenet #2

Embracing Creativity: Emergent models demand inclusive, interdisciplinary approaches that account for dynamic systemic change–economics must refrain from punishing creativity. There…

Design Economics: Tenet #3

Cultivating Literacy: Economic literacy informs social and political discourse–a free, equitable, and flourishing society requires economic literacy to avoid sliding…

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Perspectives

“Nothing is more powerful than an idea whose time has come.” – Victor Hugo