Case Study Library

Each analysis applies the Sociodynamic Framework to a real institutional system. Free editions on Substack. Full diagnostics for subscribers.

E-Commerce Φ ≪ 1 Multi-Surface

Amazon Marketplace: Cross-Subsidy Capture at Scale

Buyer value funds seller extraction. Both populations show deep capture, but through different mechanisms and diverging trajectories.

States & Welfare Φ < 1

The Swedish Paradox: Same Laws, Different Regime

How trust erosion transformed a high-functioning welfare state without changing a single statute. A Φ-trajectory analysis from 1985 to 2025.

Historical Φ ≪ 1

The DDR Held 40 Years — and Collapsed in 3 Months

Not repression alone, but three interacting mechanisms: opacity, resignation, lock-in. The collapse followed the exact sequence the framework predicts.

Tech Platform Φ ≪ 1

Why Platform Transparency Reports Change Nothing

Google Search users have moderate information access but zero governance channels. The σ-Irrelevance Zone is active: more transparency will not move Φ.

Historical Φ < 1 (marginal)

At the Threshold: The Early Church Before Institutionalization

A federated network of autonomous communities at the transition zone. Trust-based persistence, no generative extraction, high value delivery — but lacking the institutional safeguards that would protect the architecture as it grows.