The Agent Economy

What does an economy look like when the participants are agents? This thread traces the market structure from the lemons problem through niche monopolies to payment infrastructure.

How does a user leave a system without losing identity, value, or memory?

• 1. The Lemons Market for Agents
  The lemons market: why agent quality is hard to verify
  Apr 14, 2026 · Research
• 2. The Lemons Problem Applied to Learned Behavior
  The lemons problem applied to learned behavior specifically
  Apr 10, 2026 · Systems
• 3. Niche Monopolies in the Agent Economy
  Niche monopolies as the natural structure of agent specialization
  Apr 25, 2026 · Systems
• 4. Agora Agentic Marketplace
  Agora: the sovereign marketplace thesis
  Feb 1, 2026 · Systems
• 5. ZapPay
  ZapPay: the payment rail that agent markets need
  Mar 15, 2026 · Systems
• 6. Why Stripe Won't Build EU Agent Payments
  Why Stripe wont build it — and what that means
  Apr 23, 2026 · Systems
• 7. If You Can Leave, You Own It
  If you can leave, you own it — exit rights as the deepest constraint
  Apr 16, 2026 · Systems
• 8. What Happens Without a Platform
  What happens without a platform — coordination after centralization
  Apr 15, 2026 · Systems
• 9. Tooling up Hermes Agent?
  Settlement tools giving agents identity, reputation, and economic participation
  Apr 28, 2026 · Systems