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Welcome to the Library

Author Shaun Murdock
Language Context English

The Engine Room

This library is the engine room of my practice. It is where I store the research that allows me to provide the analytical rigour of corporate finance to the social economy.

How to Navigate

I categorise the archive by Document Type to help you find what you need:

  • Methodologies: Framing texts that define the scope and ethics of my practice. Start with Against the Gist to understand why I prioritise structural fidelity over stylistic flow.
  • Analyses: Original research synthesising financial data with social theory. These texts apply the logic of the social economy to modern problems, such as The Deal Matrix (Legal Engineering) or The Wealth of Networks (Metrics).
  • Translations: Full structural recoveries of non-English texts. These serve as the 'Source Code' for the sector, making key statutes like Law 381 (Italy) or the FBES Charter (Brazil) accessible to Anglophone practitioners.
  • Reviews: Critical examinations of foundational books and frameworks. From Ostrom to Du Bois, these reviews audit the historical evidence for cooperative resilience.

The Deep Archive

Beyond this grid lies the Deep Archive, a bibliographic roadmap of the research pipeline currently in production.