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The Democratic Mind: Tocqueville on Equality, Authority, and the Uses of Freedom
Essay 9 in Reading Tocqueville at 250
Aug 8
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Lynne Kiesling
6
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Prices, Commands, and the Flexible Grid, Part 1
What Boiteux, Schweppe, and two decades of experimentation add to the debate over real-time electricity pricing
Aug 6
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Lynne Kiesling
13
3
3
Structure and Conduct: Tocqueville's Institutional Analysis at the End of Volume One
Essay 8 in Reading Tocqueville at 250
Aug 3
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Lynne Kiesling
8
2
2
Data Center Electricity Use: Two Years After "Make or Buy?"
Data centers are taking far more control over how, when, and where their electricity gets produced
Aug 1
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Lynne Kiesling
10
3
5
July 2026
A New Power Grid for a New Technological Era
How digital technology is rewiring the economics of power systems
Jul 30
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Lynne Kiesling
28
12
10
Some Quick Housekeeping: Domain Name!
Today I’ve strapped on my IT hat and finalized the transition of the old Knowledge Problem blog archive over to this Substack!
Jul 28
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Lynne Kiesling
9
Tocqueville’s Political Science of American Democracy
Essay 7 in Reading Tocqueville at 250
Jul 27
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Lynne Kiesling
9
4
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Repairable Mistakes: Tocqueville on Democracy’s Self-Correcting Institutions
Essay 6 in Reading Tocqueville at 250
Jul 18
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Lynne Kiesling
7
2
Using Freedom Together: Tocqueville on Association and Self-Government
Essay 5 in Reading Tocqueville at 250
Jul 10
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Lynne Kiesling
8
2
Ride Through as a Coasean Bargain
Contracting over grid behavior, evolving to adapt to new technologies
Jul 8
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Lynne Kiesling
16
2
2
Division of Sovereignty: Tocqueville on Federalism, Courts, and the Democratic Public
Essay 4 in Reading Tocqueville at 250
Jul 3
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Lynne Kiesling
11
2
June 2026
Ordering Power: Tocqueville on the American Constitution
Essay 3 in Reading Tocqueville at 250
Jun 25
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Lynne Kiesling
11
1
4
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