From the monthly archives:

January 2009

To Awaken a Giant

by Dan Robles

“Our workers are no less productive than when this crisis began. Our minds are no less inventive, our goods and services no less needed than they were last week or last month or last year. Our capacity remains undiminished”.
– Barak Obama

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The gloves are off:
Mr. Obama’s statement is profound; in a single stroke, [...]

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The Relationship Economist

by Dan Robles

The Office of the Relationship Economist of the United States:
President Obama said in his inaugural address;
“Our workers are no less productive than when this crisis began. Our minds are no less inventive, our goods and services no less needed than they were last week or last month or last year. Our capacity remains undiminished”.  [...]

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Social Clipping and the Amazing Disappearing Economy

by Dan Robles

In the early 1990’s, the NAFTA Mutual Recognition Document (MRD) for engineering professionals was the first modern attempt to treat knowledge like a financial instrument. Unfortunately it failed because of a tiny little flaw that I call ‘social clipping’.
Most trade agreements that followed were modeled after NAFTA and, as such, inherited the clipping flaw.  The [...]

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Socialism, Capitalism, or Social Capitalism

by Dan Robles

Throughout history, technological change has also brought changes in the organization of society around the new ways to allocate resources.  The industrial revolution spawned the two prevailing economic theories of our time; Capitalism and Socialism.  The current wave of technological change will likely spawn new economic theories and social organization systems as well.
Capitalism arose from [...]

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The Trojan Horse; A Classic Social Fraud

by Dan Robles

Periods of change in any market open the doors for abuse as control systems often lag behind the waves.  This is especially true for social capitalism where the social contract is changing rapidly and the enforcement mechanisms are largely non-existent.
All markets must have effective vetting mechanisms in order for the market to be viable.  If [...]

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The Shift to Social Capitalism

by Dan Robles

As computer enabled society marches toward social capitalism as a result of overburdened financial institutions, a new generation of social media applications will form to emulate those institutions.  Social capital, creative capital, and intellectual capital will increasingly behave like tangible assets.
As an example, this article compares the concept of the financial credit score with an [...]

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Prejudice and the Relationship Economy

by Dan Robles

As the vortex of computer enabled society develops, new social media applications will soon touch the ground in a tornado of Social Capitalism. I reflect on the hidden social codes of on-line vs. off-line society.

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