--- title: "Economics" description: "Essays tagged Economics." url: "https://caruana.me/writing/category/economics/" --- # Economics Category # Economics Essays tagged Economics. These are the pieces that cluster around the same argument, discipline, or signal stream. [![Digital KYD: Cayman’s Dollar-Linked Settlement Layer](https://caruana.me/assets/images/dkyd.jpg)](https://caruana.me/writing/2026-01-31-digital-kyd-ci-digital-settlement-layer/) [Cayman Islands](https://caruana.me/writing/category/cayman-islands/) [FinTech](https://caruana.me/writing/category/fintech/) [Economics](https://caruana.me/writing/category/economics/) ### [Digital KYD: Cayman’s Dollar-Linked Settlement Layer](https://caruana.me/writing/2026-01-31-digital-kyd-ci-digital-settlement-layer/) In July 2024, I started writing through a narrow thesis: the Cayman Islands should not approach digital money as a technology project. Yes, this is a ridiculous sentence for me to write. I build technology, invest in tec... January 31, 2026 [Read essay](https://caruana.me/writing/2026-01-31-digital-kyd-ci-digital-settlement-layer/) [![Signals. Edition Two. (Aug 5, 2024 - Aug 9, 2024)](https://caruana.me/assets/images/wtf2.jpeg)](https://caruana.me/writing/2024-08-09-signals-edition-two/) [Signals](https://caruana.me/writing/category/signals/) [AI](https://caruana.me/writing/category/ai/) [Economics](https://caruana.me/writing/category/economics/) ### [Signals. Edition Two. (Aug 5, 2024 - Aug 9, 2024)](https://caruana.me/writing/2024-08-09-signals-edition-two/) Signals is where I log the stories and events that grabbed my attention because they seem to reveal something larger than the headline itself. A signal is not noise, not content, and not commentary for its own sake; it i... August 9, 2024 [Read essay](https://caruana.me/writing/2024-08-09-signals-edition-two/) [![Signals. Edition One. (Jul 29, 2024 - Aug 2, 2024)](https://caruana.me/assets/images/wtf.jpg)](https://caruana.me/writing/2024-08-02-signals-edition-one/) [Signals](https://caruana.me/writing/category/signals/) [DAO](https://caruana.me/writing/category/dao/) [Economics](https://caruana.me/writing/category/economics/) ### [Signals. Edition One. (Jul 29, 2024 - Aug 2, 2024)](https://caruana.me/writing/2024-08-02-signals-edition-one/) I’m kicking off a new series called Signals. The idea is simple: a signal is a story, anomaly, or fracture in the present that hints at a larger shift underneath. These are the items that grabbed my attention because the... August 2, 2024 [Read essay](https://caruana.me/writing/2024-08-02-signals-edition-one/) [![Decentralized Autonomous Organizations and a Potential Future of Value](https://caruana.me/assets/images/daos.jpg)](https://caruana.me/writing/2024-07-31-dao/) [DAO](https://caruana.me/writing/category/dao/) [Economics](https://caruana.me/writing/category/economics/) [Value Creation](https://caruana.me/writing/category/value-creation/) ### [Decentralized Autonomous Organizations and a Potential Future of Value](https://caruana.me/writing/2024-07-31-dao/) "Revolution is something that actually starts in individual hearts.” Bill Viola The current zeitgeist is rife with a sense of impending change, a longing for a better future. While this yearning for transformation is a p... July 31, 2024 [Read essay](https://caruana.me/writing/2024-07-31-dao/) [![The Future of Work and Reward: From Material Possessions to Intellectual and Experiential Riches](https://caruana.me/assets/images/experience.jpg)](https://caruana.me/writing/2024-07-29-the-future-of-work-and-reward/) [AI](https://caruana.me/writing/category/ai/) [Economics](https://caruana.me/writing/category/economics/) [Machine Economy](https://caruana.me/writing/category/machine-economy/) ### [The Future of Work and Reward: From Material Possessions to Intellectual and Experiential Riches](https://caruana.me/writing/2024-07-29-the-future-of-work-and-reward/) “Luxury is a necessity that begins where necessity ends.” Coco Chanel A secret hiding in plain sight is that the definition of luxury is changing. The luxury brands of the future will not sell cars, watches or purses but... July 29, 2024 [Read essay](https://caruana.me/writing/2024-07-29-the-future-of-work-and-reward/) [![Energy and Data Centres in the Cayman Islands: A Paradigm of Growth and Innovation](https://caruana.me/assets/images/bc-mining-center.jpg)](https://caruana.me/writing/2024-07-07-energy-data-center-cayman/) [Energy](https://caruana.me/writing/category/energy/) [Data Center](https://caruana.me/writing/category/data-center/) [Cayman Islands](https://caruana.me/writing/category/cayman-islands/) ### [Energy and Data Centres in the Cayman Islands: A Paradigm of Growth and Innovation](https://caruana.me/writing/2024-07-07-energy-data-center-cayman/) "There were 5 exabytes of information created between the dawn of civilization through 2003, but that much information is now created every two days." Eric Schmidt, previously CEO, at Google. As the world becomes increas... July 7, 2024 [Read essay](https://caruana.me/writing/2024-07-07-energy-data-center-cayman/) [![Digital Innovation trends, their effects on supply chains and the need for a permissionless decentralized distribution system](https://caruana.me/assets/images/supply-chains.jpg)](https://caruana.me/writing/2021-11-30-decentralized-supply-chain-trends/) [Economics](https://caruana.me/writing/category/economics/) [Internet Scale](https://caruana.me/writing/category/internet-scale/) ### [Digital Innovation trends, their effects on supply chains and the need for a permissionless decentralized distribution system](https://caruana.me/writing/2021-11-30-decentralized-supply-chain-trends/) Coordinating a supply chain is a massive operational challenge that requires meticulous attention to the movements of a web of related and unrelated parties. Trust within a supply chain is fragile but incentives keep the... November 30, 2021 [Read essay](https://caruana.me/writing/2021-11-30-decentralized-supply-chain-trends/) [![Legacy vs Innovation ... An eternal evolution](https://caruana.me/assets/images/legacy-vs-innovation.jpg)](https://caruana.me/writing/2021-06-01-legacy-vs-innovation/) [Economics](https://caruana.me/writing/category/economics/) [Internet Scale](https://caruana.me/writing/category/internet-scale/) ### [Legacy vs Innovation ... An eternal evolution](https://caruana.me/writing/2021-06-01-legacy-vs-innovation/) “We always overestimate the change that will occur in the next two years and underestimate the change that will occur in the next ten. Don't let yourself be lulled into inaction.” Bill Gates, 1996 June 1, 2021 [Read essay](https://caruana.me/writing/2021-06-01-legacy-vs-innovation/)