Further Reading & Working Papers
The research behind
Transmission Economics.
Working papers, parliamentary evidence and the literature the framework builds on. Papers are shared openly — if you cannot find what you need, ask us.
Working Papers
By Joe Charakupa, Founder of the PRICI Foundation
The Manifesto of Transmission Economics
The primary taxonomic reference: defines the school, its relationship to existing traditions and its measurement architecture.
Theory of the Resistive Capital Gradient
The formal mechanical core: F = P · ΔR · G, the Omega Index, identification strategy and the backtest programme.
PRICI: The Growth Engine for Advanced Economies
Written evidence PRO0159 to the UK House of Commons Business and Trade Committee.
Iterative Resilience Theory, v6
The anthropological foundation: the Iterative Imperative, the three Fracture types and the IRT Diagnostic Toolkit.
Innovation Inflation: The Capture of Iterative Pathways
How winners of previous innovation rounds restructure rules to protect their position, turning productive markets into toll roads.
Framework overview
A condensed, readable tour of the whole school of thought in one page.
Literature
Key references
The academic work the framework draws on and responds to.
Acemoglu, D. and Robinson, J.A., 2012. Why Nations Fail. New York: Crown Publishers.
Bowles, S. and Gintis, H., 2004. The evolution of strong reciprocity. Theoretical Population Biology, 65(1), pp.17–28.
Centre for Cities, 2026. Cities Outlook 2026. London: Centre for Cities.
De Loecker, J., Eeckhout, J. and Unger, G., 2020. The rise of market power and the macroeconomic implications. Quarterly Journal of Economics, 135(2), pp.561–644.
Henrich, J., 2016. The Secret of Our Success. Princeton: Princeton University Press.
Ioannou, S. and Wójcik, D., 2021. Finance and growth nexus: An international analysis across cities. Urban Studies, 58(1), pp.223–242.
Lazonick, W., 2014. Profits without prosperity. Harvard Business Review, 92(9), pp.46–55.
Max-Neef, M.A., 1991. Human Scale Development. New York: Apex Press.
Minsky, H.P., 1986. Stabilizing an Unstable Economy. New Haven: Yale University Press.
Research Collaboration
Working on related questions?
We welcome data-access enquiries, replication attempts and co-authorship on the backtest and microfoundations programmes.