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Rilinger, Georg. Leviathan Vol. 43, No. 1: 88-112.Failure by Design.
Rilinger, Georg (2025 Winner of the Section on Economic Sociology’s Viviana Zelizer Best Book Award). Chicago, IL: The University of Chicago Press, 2024. Cato Institute Review. Social Forces Review.Failure by Design
In my book Failure By Design, I examine the origins of the California energy crisis of 2000/01 to explore the practical limits of market design.
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