Ashly Mears ashleymears.com/about on the attention economy.

Markets & Society 2026 final keynote. The great Bruce Caldwell.

Pauline Dixon ncl.ac.uk/ecls/people/profil… has consistently unearthed the hidden order found in the informal sector throughout the world: Africa, India, China, etc. And in the area of health, education, and human services. She is brilliant, engaging, and a passionate advocate for the dignity and respect of ordinary individuals.

Don Lavoie is a name that should be more widely remembered among liberal political economists. His life sadly was cut short by cancer, yet his legacy lived on in his students as well as the record of his written work. Last night one of those former students of Don - Virgil Storr - delivered a brilliant talk on Markets as Emancipators. Don stressed this point in his teaching and in personal conversation. I discuss this in my The Struggle for a Better World as well. Virgil’s talk was perhaps the best example I have seen delivering the core Lavoie message about markets as liberators from oppression.