3RD ECONOMICS · THE ECONOMY LAB
Beyond Capitalism.
Beyond Communism.
Complex economic problems. Simpler solutions—tested through AI simulations.
Questions worth testing
- What if both systems taught you economics that protects their power?
- What if some scarcity is produced by the system meant to solve it?
- What if dependence on a single currency keeps people dependent on those who control access to it?
- What if your vote changes the cast, but never the storyline?
- What if we stopped patching the system and simulated an alternative?
Start with the problems you live with
Housing & transport
Could physics, biology and the design of living systems help us make a home—and the life around it—far less expensive?
Explore →Education
Could judging education by its return to the learner change who funds it, who benefits and who takes responsibility for outcomes?
Explore →Healthcare
What if more and better healthcare reduced the total cost of keeping people well?
Explore →Money & income
What if repeated subsidies are treating symptoms of a monetary design that keeps reproducing dependence?
Explore →Democracy
What if most everyday economic decisions no longer needed repeated political intervention?
Explore →Meet the people who challenge the model
From a question to a test
Choose a problem. Make the assumptions explicit. Build competing models. Change the conditions. Compare the outcomes. Publish what survived—and what failed. AI helps us explore combinations and analyse results. It does not make a weak assumption true. A thousand, one lakh or millions of parameters are useful only when they help explain the problem and withstand scrutiny.
Bring your idea
You do not need to agree with us to participate. Bring a problem, a counterexample, a business proposal, a policy alternative or a better model.