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The New Politics of Pricing: When AI Sets Your Price

About the book Pricing in the Age of AI, by Maxime C. Cohen, published by The MIT Press in 2026.

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Maxime C. Cohen
15 Min Read
The Political Power of Small Talk in Evangelical Churches
Small Talk _Whispers in the Pews examines the conversations churchgoers avoid, and how that silence shapes their politics.
BooksPolitics & Religion
14 Min Read
Beyond the Facts: Tacit Knowledge in an AI World
A potter's hands shaping clay on the wheel: the kind of embodied, uncodifiable skill that lies at the heart of tacit knowledge.
BooksTechnology
12 Min Read
What Happens When Worlds End: A Perturbed System
Worlds end : A boat left stranded on cracked earth, its water gone. A small, literal picture of what it means when a world ends. Photo by Pijarn Jangsawang, public domain.
BooksPolitics & Religion
12 Min Read
Cultural Dimensions of Global Sustainability: The Jena Declaration (TJD)
eclaration_Community mural highlighting care, culture, and shared responsibility, created as part of a local public art initiative.
Sustainability
23 Min Read
How Emotions Shape Climate Action: Barriers and Agency
Emotions: Climate activists march through central London, calling for climate justice and stronger action on the climate emergency. Photo: Alisdare Hickson (CC BY-SA).
BooksEnvironment & Sustainability
19 Min Read
Religion in International Politics: Power and Influence
Faith and Power: World Leaders in Prayer – A Moment of Reflection in International Politics. President George W. Bush, Mrs. Laura Bush, Former President George H. W. Bush, Mrs. Barbara Bush, Former President Bill Clinton, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, and Chelsea Clinton, bow their heads during the National Day of Prayer and Remembrance service at the National Cathedral in Washington, DC.
BooksPolitics & Religion
19 Min Read
Debating Greenland: Critics, Context, and the Arctic Future
Map of Greenland (1791), by Franz Johann Joseph von Reilly. Historical representations of the Arctic continue to inform debates on sovereignty, interpretation, and political futures.
Opinion & Insights
17 Min Read
When Scholarly Disagreement Becomes Selective Reading
Selective aurora borealis over Yellowknife, Northwest Territories. In the Canadian North, everyday life unfolds beneath a landscape that is also at the center of debates on sovereignty, Indigenous rights, and Arctic geopolitics.
Opinion & Insights
21 Min Read
Cancel Culture and the Silencing of Arctic Dissent
Ice formations off the coast of Greenland. (Cancel Culture and the Silencing of Arctic Dissent)
Opinion & Insights
15 Min Read
Is the Cuban Dictatorship Coming to an End?
Protest against Cuban dictatorship held in front of the Canadian Parliament in Ottawa, Summer 2021.
Opinion & Insights
11 Min Read
On the Religious Politics of American Borders
BooksPolitics & Religion
17 Min Read
The Christmas Verdict: Europe Alone
The Berlaymont building, headquarters of the European Commission in Brussels : An institutional symbol of a continent confronting the limits of its strategic dependence. Photo by EmDee (CC BY-SA). The Christmas Verdict europe
Opinion & Insights
9 Min Read
Christian Globalism: Bridging Distant Ties
Christian Globalism: Vintage letters, handwritten notes, and old photographs arranged beside a world map on a wooden desk, evoking historical global correspondence and Christian sponsorship networks.
BooksPolitics & Religion
11 Min Read
Is Harvard’s Judge Truly Impartial?
Statue at Harvard Yard, a recognizable landmark of the university’s historic campus.
Political Opinion
16 Min Read
Secular Sensibilities amidst French and Québécois Politics
Poster Advocating Bodily Autonomy and Solidarity in a secular context. Outremont, Québec, Canada. Photographed on May 20, 2019. Crédit: A Disappearing Act (CC BY-SA).
BooksPolitics & Religion
19 Min Read
Harvard Admissions, Privilege, and the Trump Challenge
Admission: Harvard’s iconic Eliot House tower, a hallmark of the university’s Georgian architecture. Public Domain.
Political Opinion
15 Min Read
Assata Shakur: Violence in the U.S., Silence on Cuba’s Racism
Assata Shakur police mugshot, issued in the 1970s by U.S.
Political Opinion
16 Min Read
Microhistories and the African Past
Microhistories of Africa: Statues at the Slave Market Memorial in Stone Town, Zanzibar, commemorating the victims of the transatlantic slave trade. Photo by Son of Groucho (CC BY).
BooksPolitical History
16 Min Read
Nagasaki: The Atomic Bombing and the Christian Crossroads
Ruins of Urakami Cathedral in Nagasaki, where the atomic bomb detonated on August 9, 1945, destroying the heart of Japan’s largest Christian community.
Politics & Religion
15 Min Read
Harvard’s Internal Decay: Class, Culture, and Privilege
Harvard Business School building with white columns and red brick façade, surrounded by trees and benches on a quiet green lawn. (Photo credit: Michael A. Herzog, CC BY)
Political Opinion
19 Min Read
Sacred Violence: Military AI in the Israel-Palestine Conflict
sacred violence: Ruins in Gaza after heavy bombardment as military AI reshapes the Israel–Palestine conflict. Photo by Zoriah (CC BY-NC).
Technology
17 Min Read
Hope in Hate Crime Laws? Lessons from India
Hate crime: Dalit students and activists gather under the statue of B. R. Ambedkar during a protest demanding justice for Rohith Vemula and caste-based violence victims. Their banners call for the enactment of a “Rohith Act” to address systemic discrimination. Photo by Joe Athialy (CC BY-NC-SA).
BooksHuman Rights
17 Min Read
Trump Battles Harvard Over Elitism and Public Subsidies
Front view of Widener Library at Harvard University. Photo credit: Joseph Williams (CC BY).
Political Opinion
19 Min Read
What are conditions of violence ?
Children waiting behind barbed wire — an image of vulnerability shaped by broader social and political conditions of violence.
BooksPolitical History
15 Min Read
Understanding the Causes of War: Human Nature and History
A stark glimpse into the trenches of World War I, epitomizing the brutal realities of conflict. This image underscores the enduring 'causes of war'—territorial disputes, political rivalries, and the human propensity for domination.
BooksPolitical History
14 Min Read
Can Robots Love? Ethics at the Boundaries of the Human
An intimate moment between human and machine, questioning the boundaries of love and morality in a world increasingly defined by technology and artificial intelligence.
BooksTechnology
13 Min Read
The Religious Turn in Great Power Politics
Russian President Vladimir Putin and Patriarch Kirill of Moscow stand side by side during a public ceremony, exemplifying the strategic use of religious authority to reinforce national identity and geopolitical legitimacy.
BooksPolitics & Religion
10 Min Read
Black Women and the Making of Human Rights
A Black woman holds a banner listing victims of police violence during a protest in the United States. Her mask features the faces of Black individuals killed by police, including George Floyd.
BooksHuman Rights
17 Min Read
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