For the past few years, more than I care to count, I’ve been working on a book about what like to call The Design of Markets. The way I figure it, the economic markets we typically refer to are not “natural,” but are designed, largely by government. This is easiest to see with something like the Patent system, which is obviously designed and set up by government. But it’s also true with things like corporations and even basic property rights. I would like to start a more open conversation about this, and thus this book. It will be published by The University of Texas Press, which published my first book, How Cities Work. Now I’ve just got to finish it . . . . If you have info, views or tips that you think might help, pass them my way. You can reach me by going to the “contact me” page at my website.