MY KINGDOM FOR A HORSE: The Fall of the West Between Collectibles, Debt, and the Return of Reality

abstract: | This essay explores the crisis of the Western system through the lens of Shakespeare's cry from Richard III, contrasting real value and financial fiction. It analyzes how comfort has eroded civilizational adaptability, invoking the "Medium Environmental Challenge" (Curto) and historical cycles, proposing an interior return to discerning price from value.

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Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
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2026-02-24
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.18755020
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Shakespeare, Adaptation, and Literary Criticism
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MY KINGDOM FOR A HORSE: The Fall of the West Between Collectibles, Debt, and the Return of Reality

Luigino Morello
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
Shakespeare, Adaptation, and Literary Criticism
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MY KINGDOM FOR A HORSE: The Fall of the West Between Collectibles, Debt, and the Return of Reality

Luigino Morello
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abstract: | This essay explores the crisis of the Western system through the lens of Shakespeare's cry from Richard III, contrasting real value and financial fiction. It analyzes how comfort has eroded civilizational adaptability, invoking the "Medium Environmental Challenge" (Curto) and historical cycles, proposing an interior return to discerning price from value.

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