Despite superficial demographic and ideological differences, advanced societies may share a dominant 'market cosmology'—a set of shared epistemic priors and incentives organized around capital, finance and managerial norms. That common economic faith explains why institutions across political lines converge on similar policies and why culture‑war fights are often status contests rather than substantive policy disagreements.
— If true, reframing culture‑war conflicts as struggles within a shared market cosmology redirects reform from rhetorical fights to institutional and incentive design (labor, governance, antitrust, DEI).
Catherine Nichols
2026.01.15
87% relevant
Nichols’ essay traces how the rise of impersonal, liquid capital (stocks, bonds) detached wealth from landed patrimony — exactly the historical and cultural process the 'Market Cosmology' idea uses to explain why market norms become the tacit organizing creed across institutions. The article supplies the Hume‑era provenance (1752 'Of Public Credit') that underpins the Market‑as‑faith claim.
Chris Griswold
2026.01.14
42% relevant
The article critiques the ideological default that 'free market' language solves health problems; that mirrors the documented notion that a market‑first cosmology shapes elite policy frames and can obscure where markets fail due to concentration, externalities, or non‑market features like emergency care.
D. Graham Burnett
2026.01.12
100% relevant
The article’s repeated motif of 'moneyworld' (the Met museum anecdote and the claim that modern Americans are 'monolithic' under capitalism) exemplifies this idea.
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