Appendix B: Source Index

Research spine: this chapter stays grounded in NIST AI Risk Management Framework and NIST Secure Software Development Framework, then applies that evidence to the operating judgment in the book. Read this alongside the Judgment Economy book, the AI-Native thesis, and the full book library when you want the surrounding argument.

Key Takeaways

• When doing is cheap and deciding is everything
• The practical test is whether a team can name the evidence, owner, and failure mode before it changes behavior.
• Read this with The Judgment Economy and the adjacent chapters when you need the wider Judgment Economy and AI Strategy frame.

Economic foundations

• Friedrich Hayek, "The Use of Knowledge in Society": https://www.econlib.org/library/Essays/hykKnw.html
• Ronald Coase, "The Nature of the Firm": https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/j.1468-0335.1937.tb00002.x
• Frank Knight, Risk, Uncertainty and Profit: https://oll.libertyfund.org/title/knight-risk-uncertainty-and-profit

Automation and labor

• Autor, Levy, and Murnane, "The Skill Content of Recent Technological Change": https://economics.mit.edu/sites/default/files/publications/the%20skill%20content%202003.pdf
• Brynjolfsson, Mitchell, and Rock, "What Can Machines Learn, and What Does It Mean for Occupations and the Economy?": https://www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=10.1257/pandp.20181019
• Brynjolfsson, Li, and Raymond, "Generative AI at Work": https://www.nber.org/papers/w31161
• Dell'Acqua et al., "Navigating the Jagged Technological Frontier": https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=64700
• DORA State of AI-assisted Software Development: https://dora.dev/dora-report-2025/

Pricing and business models

• Stripe, usage-based pricing for SaaS: https://stripe.com/resources/more/usage-based-pricing-for-saas-how-to-make-the-most-of-this-pricing-model
• Bessemer, AI pricing and monetization playbook: https://www.bvp.com/atlas/the-ai-pricing-and-monetization-playbook

Governance and trust

• NIST AI Risk Management Framework: https://www.nist.gov/itl/ai-risk-management-framework
• OECD AI Principles: https://oecd.ai/en/ai-principles