Social‑information drives market dominance

Groups succeed in markets not because capital magically appears, but because their norms, reputation networks, and information‑feedback systems let them coordinate, anticipate risk, and deploy resources effectively. Treating ‘‘human and social capital’’ as a generic additive input misses the agency and information architectures that actually produce economic advantage. — If true, policy should shift from pouring in physical capital to rebuilding trustworthy feedback, local institutions, and information infrastructure, and political rhetoric must avoid dehumanizing labels that have historically justified violence.