Selected Publications
Cinematic Semiotics of the Metropolis
Dispatches examining urban alienation and spatial design through modern film theory and architectural semiotics.
Incentives in the Literary Canon
Short essays analyzing moral hazard and game-theoretic choices in 19th-century dramatic literature.
Rationality in the Margin
An extended critique of economic optimization models through the narrative architecture of classic realist novels, exploring how characters rationalize moving beyond utility constraints.
Critical Perspective
Data provides the boundary conditions; literature reveals how human agents rationalize moving beyond them.
Tran Ngoc Khue
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