Jordan Anderson
  1. Trade & regulation

    Friction by Other Means

    Essay · 2026 · ~7,600 words

    An investigation of the administrative machinery surrounding tariffs: customs enforcement, import review, valuation, and refunds. It asks how institutional practice can outlast a change in legal authority.

  2. Industrial capacity

    The Structural Failure of America’s Defense Industrial Base

    Essay · 2026 · ~4,200 words

    An analysis of consolidation, shareholder incentives, and the production capacity needed for military readiness. It examines government-owned, contractor-operated infrastructure as a structural alternative.

  3. Computing & public power

    The Great Recentralization

    Essay · 2026 · ~9,000 words

    An examination of the migration from personal computation to cloud infrastructure, the dependencies it creates, and the political choices that could preserve meaningful local control.

  4. Inquiry & education

    Philepistemicism

    Essay · 2026 · ~9,300 words

    An essay about the love of being inside inquiry rather than of having concluded. It develops a vocabulary for that stance and asks what an education built to recognize it might do differently.