Volume III · Managed Decline
From Pockets to Portfolios
Research preview · manuscript under review
Connects policing, working-class time, legal exposure, wage taxation, and asset ownership in a proposed labor-first account of social citizenship.
Research programme: Siddhartha Harsh Wardhan · Preview updated
The research question
How should time lost to policing and legal obligations enter an account of working-class economic security?
How it connects to Volume III
Connects the volume’s analysis of work and ownership to a proposed labor-first account of social citizenship. It asks readers to follow time costs alongside wages and assets.
Evidence and limits
Distinguish stops, protective frisks and traffic enforcement; verify jurisdiction and current doctrine. Test claims about missed work, fees and tax incidence against dated evidence. The proposed reform is not legal advice or a scored fiscal policy.
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