Complexity Insights
VOL. I  ·  APR 2026
§ IIWriting

Essays, notes, and working papers.

Long-form thinking on complexity economics, network science, and the dynamics that standard models leave out.
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Index of writing 3 entries
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Complexity econ.
Why traditional economic models miss systemic risk Equilibrium assumes independence; real markets cascade. A case for the complexity framework.
Systemic riskCrisis alpha
OCT 2025
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Network
Network centrality in financial systems A practical guide to degree, betweenness, and eigenvector centrality — with a Python-native workflow for identifying "too connected to fail" institutions.
Graph theoryPythonNetworkX
Q2 2026
IN PROGRESS
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Market structure
Market microstructure beyond supply & demand Order flow, liquidity provision, and price discovery. How algorithmic trading shifts the equilibrium — and why that shift is the interesting part.
LiquidityHFTMicrostructure
Q3 2026
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A short note, four times a year.

New writing, ongoing research, and the occasional flagged paper worth reading. No pitching, no tracking.

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