01 · Knowledge Atlas
Switch to graph viewAn encyclopedia of social systems
Theories, political philosophies, economic models, institution types and forms of self-government — each idea traced through theory, real examples, critique and results.
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- E. Glen WeylThinkerEconomist; developed quadratic voting and co-authored Radical Markets (2018) with Eric Posner.
- Elinor OstromThinkerPolitical economist who showed how communities govern common-pool resources; shared the 2009 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences.
- EpistocracyExperimentDistribution of political power by competence or knowledge. Jason Brennan's Against Democracy (2016) argues for epistocratic options such as weighted voting by tested political knowledge. A theoretical proposal.
- Eric A. PosnerThinkerLegal scholar; co-author of Radical Markets (2018).
- Estonia e-ResidencyExperimentA government-issued digital identity that lets non-residents use Estonian e-services, such as founding and running a company online.
- Estonian Internet voting (i-voting, since 2005)ExperimentRemote online voting for binding elections, offered nationwide in Estonia since the 2005 local elections; in 2023 just over half of participating voters cast their ballot online. Its security remains debated.
- Evergreen Cooperatives (Cleveland, Ohio)ExperimentNetwork of worker-owned businesses set up from 2008–09 in Cleveland's Greater University Circle with hospital and university anchor institutions as customers, aiming to build equity for low-income residents.
- Exit rightsMechanismThe guaranteed ability of members to leave a polity or organisation, ideally with defined treatment of their assets and obligations.
- Exit, voice and loyaltyTheoryHirschman's framework: members respond to decline by leaving (exit) or speaking up (voice); loyalty shapes the balance.