{"id":9,"date":"2024-11-23T11:01:35","date_gmt":"2024-11-23T11:01:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kekonomics.com\/blog\/?page_id=9"},"modified":"2024-11-23T15:25:05","modified_gmt":"2024-11-23T15:25:05","slug":"blog","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.kekonomics.com\/blog\/blog","title":{"rendered":"Recent articles:"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-query is-layout-flow wp-block-query-is-layout-flow\"><ul class=\"wp-block-post-template is-layout-flow wp-block-post-template-is-layout-flow\"><li class=\"wp-block-post post-145 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-uncategorized post-with-thumbnail post-with-thumbnail-icon\"><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-120 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-uncategorized post-with-thumbnail post-with-thumbnail-icon\"><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-117 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-uncategorized post-with-thumbnail post-with-thumbnail-icon\"><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-query is-layout-flow wp-block-query-is-layout-flow\"><ul class=\"wp-block-post-template is-layout-flow wp-block-post-template-is-layout-flow\"><li class=\"wp-block-post post-145 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-uncategorized post-with-thumbnail post-with-thumbnail-icon\">\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\"><figure class=\"wp-block-post-featured-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kekonomics.com\/blog\/archives\/145\" target=\"_self\"  ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"380\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kekonomics.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/29a6f925-d97c-480b-98d4-8133938cc1b5-720x380.webp\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Kekius Maximus Unleashed\" style=\"object-fit:cover;\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\"><h2 class=\"wp-block-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kekonomics.com\/blog\/archives\/145\" target=\"_self\" >Kekius Maximus Unleashed<\/a><\/h2>\n\n<div class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">Elon Musk, always full of surprises, transformed his profile on platform X to \u2018Kekius Maximus,\u2019 complete with a Roman-style Pepe the Frog avatar, once again igniting chaos and speculation. His actions mirror the behavior of an archetypal trickster: a figure who breaks rules, sows confusion, and simultaneously fosters transformation. The chain of events began with Musk&#8217;s open defense of the H1B visa program. This&hellip;<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__more-text\"><a class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.kekonomics.com\/blog\/archives\/145\">read more<\/a><\/p><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-120 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-uncategorized post-with-thumbnail post-with-thumbnail-icon\">\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\"><figure class=\"wp-block-post-featured-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kekonomics.com\/blog\/archives\/120\" target=\"_self\"  ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"380\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kekonomics.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/chill-720x380.png\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Chill Guy, Uptight Creator\" style=\"object-fit:cover;\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\"><h2 class=\"wp-block-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kekonomics.com\/blog\/archives\/120\" target=\"_self\" >Chill Guy, Uptight Creator<\/a><\/h2>\n\n<div class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">The &#8220;Chill Guy&#8221; meme has completely taken over the internet. This illustration of an anthropomorphic dog in relaxed human attire, introduced by artist Phillip Banks, exudes an attitude perfectly captured in a single sentence: &#8220;He\u2019s just a chill guy who doesn\u2019t gaf.&#8221; And yet, ironically, it\u2019s Banks himself who now seems to care deeply about what is happening to his creation. His legal battle&hellip;<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__more-text\"><a class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.kekonomics.com\/blog\/archives\/120\">read more<\/a><\/p><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-117 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-uncategorized post-with-thumbnail post-with-thumbnail-icon\">\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\"><figure class=\"wp-block-post-featured-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kekonomics.com\/blog\/archives\/117\" target=\"_self\"  ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"380\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kekonomics.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/banana-720x380.png\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"The $6.2 Million Banana\" style=\"object-fit:cover;\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\"><h2 class=\"wp-block-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kekonomics.com\/blog\/archives\/117\" target=\"_self\" >The $6.2 Million Banana<\/a><\/h2>\n\n<div class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">In 2019, Maurizio Cattelan\u2019s The Comedian debuted at Art Basel Miami: a banana duct-taped to a wall. It sounds like a practical joke\u2014and maybe it is\u2014but one that sold for $120,000. Five years later, a copy of the work fetched a staggering $6.2 million at a Sotheby\u2019s auction. The seemingly banal piece can be easily explained as a textbook example of Kekonomics: a world&hellip;<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__more-text\"><a class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.kekonomics.com\/blog\/archives\/117\">read more<\/a><\/p><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-9","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","post"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kekonomics.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kekonomics.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kekonomics.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kekonomics.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kekonomics.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.kekonomics.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":104,"href":"https:\/\/www.kekonomics.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9\/revisions\/104"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kekonomics.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}