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Why Buildings Fall Down
The structural causes, the failure mechanisms, and what the evidence says actually works
Jun 3
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Abhas K. Jha
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May 2026
AI Joins the Turf Wars
The Unread Contract, Essay No. 2
May 29
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Abhas K. Jha
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How to Procure an AI Ghost
Essay 1, The Unread Contract
May 15
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Abhas K. Jha
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Scaling That Sticks
What housing policy teaches us about what scale actually requires.
May 11
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Abhas K. Jha
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Why Your City Government Is the Wrong Size
In 2007, Denmark merged 271 municipalities into 98.
May 8
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Abhas K. Jha
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The Model With No Middle
Corridors move goods. Arthur Lewis forgot the towns.
May 1
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Abhas K. Jha
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April 2026
Who Decides If Your Crop Died
On the politics of algorithmic truth at the bottom of the income distribution
Apr 24
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Abhas K. Jha
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Algorithmic Austerity: When Algorithms Mistake Poverty for Fraud
What Governments Keep Getting Wrong About AI and Social Protection
Apr 17
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Abhas K. Jha
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Nobody's City
Who's in charge here?
Apr 10
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Abhas K. Jha
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The Informal Economy Already Runs on Voice. The question is who is now listening.
The conductor doesn’t announce the stop.
Apr 3
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Abhas K. Jha
5
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March 2026
What thirty years in four cities taught me about master plans
I have lived in Delhi, Washington DC, Singapore, and now Nairobi over the past thirty years.
Mar 30
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Abhas K. Jha
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Legible Before Secure: How Digital Payments Can Formalize Poverty
When the Tax Collector Arrives Before the Consumer Protection Does
Mar 14
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Abhas K. Jha
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