On institutions, money, power, and the occasional idea that refuses to fit anywhere else

Writing from inside the room where decisions are made

I am a Honduran attorney, or more accurately, a legal and institutional designer. For two decades I have worked on the governance and architecture of institutions, from special economic zones to e-government platforms and alternative dispute resolution — including serving as one of three architects of Honduras's ZEDE framework amongst many other reforms.

This is not that work. This is where I think out loud — about money, institutions, history, and the recurring human tendency to repeat the same mistakes inside new containers.

I am also writing a book about all of this. Some of what appears here is finding its way into it.