Markets vs. Capitalism & Fernand Braudel

In previous posts (yeah, from a year or two ago...but that's still previous!), I've used - without explanation - the term "capitalism" when trying to think through the position of handmade bike builders and the bike industry more broadly and I'd like to circle back to that a bit in this post and ones to …

2 Weeks?! Article Update

Just passed the 2-week mark since my last writing...which means I owe myself a blog post here. I do have a good reason for not posting: finally finished the revision work on this academic article manuscript and resubmitted it to the journal this morning (technically still on the weekend, with today as a holiday)! Revising …

Starting 2017 Off Right

Well, at least I'm starting it with a plan - and one that might provide some public accountability!   Yes, I went the entirety of 2016 without posting to this blog. Hard to believe, but there you have it. I drafted quite a few things and stayed busy with actual work (interviews, listening to interviews, …