Marc Lamalle · Author & Researcher
The World,
Examined
Ideas, institutions, and the forces shaping our world.
An approach
This is the working home of an independent inquiry into how societies organise power, wealth and knowledge — and how those arrangements endure, adapt or fail over time.
The work moves between history, political economy, environmental policy and philosophy, with a preference for primary sources, long time-scales and a clear separation between what is established and what remains a hypothesis.
Research areas
All research- I
Environment, Institutions & the Future
How societies build — or fail to build — institutions capable of governing long-term environmental risk.
- II
Europe & Institutional Power
The architecture of European power: where authority sits, how it is exercised, and how it is held to account.
- III
Political Economy & National Capabilities
The industrial, technical and human capabilities that allow a nation to act — and what erodes them.
Books
Complete catalogueSelected essays
All essaysEnvironment, Institutions & the Future
On the Long HorizonA placeholder essay showing the long-form reading template
Europe & Institutional Power
Where Authority SitsPlaceholder essay on European institutional power
Political Economy & National Capabilities
What a Nation Can DoPlaceholder essay on national capabilities