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Reflections

Companion essays by Chastity Murphy connecting each episode to broader questions about economic life.

The Infrastructure We Don't See
financial infrastructure

The Infrastructure We Don't See

On payment networks, public goods, and why visibility matters

The hidden plumbing of economic life was built by private actors to serve private interests. It's time to make it visible — and ask who it should serve.

June 1, 2026 · 7 min readRead →
What Your Transaction Data Reveals
privacy surveillance

What Your Transaction Data Reveals

The surveillance economy hiding in plain sight

Your payment history is a diary you never agreed to write. The question is who gets to read it.

April 22, 2026 · 8 min readRead →
The Quiet Politics of Credit
wealth

The Quiet Politics of Credit

How lending decisions became a site of structural inequality

Credit is not a neutral technology. It's a mechanism for distributing risk — and historically, that distribution has followed the lines of race and class.

March 10, 2026 · 9 min readRead →