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Late-Cycle Investment Theory: Winter 2025–2026 in 10 Snapshots
From stagflation signals to the electrostate, ten snapshots of a world order under strain
Feb 22 • Nicolas Colin
The Epstein Files Tell the Institutional Story of Our Time
Institutional exhaustion and late-cycle hubris turn dormant scandals into tools of demolition
Feb 9 • Nicolas Colin
A Brief History of the Global Economy: 1908–2026
Technological revolutions have shaped the global economy—and continue to do so
Jan 26 • Nicolas Colin
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France, As Revealed by its Elite
Jul 8, 2020 • Nicolas Colin
11 Notes on McKinsey
May 6, 2020 • Nicolas Colin
My Worldview in 10 Ideas
Jan 6, 2021 • Nicolas Colin
Late-Cycle Investment Theory
Jun 6, 2025 • Nicolas Colin
The Great Reset: From Startups to What's Next
Jan 30, 2025 • Nicolas Colin
Startups: The Door Is Closing
Sep 6, 2023 • Nicolas Colin
Wealth Always Hits a Limit
Even in the AI era, accumulated wealth will meet its limits through currency, consumption…and politics
Jan 12 • Nicolas Colin
10 Essays That Defined "Drift Signal" in 2025
How power, capital, and industry have been shifting this year
Dec 31, 2025 • Nicolas Colin
10 Ways to Think About China
China is optimised for survival, not efficiency
Dec 14, 2025 • Nicolas Colin
10 Ways to Think About America
The systems that built America’s success now trap it in dysfunction
Dec 7, 2025 • Nicolas Colin
Barrels to Bytes
AI infrastructure and stablecoins are creating a modern petrodollar system
Published on Currency of Power • Nov 30, 2025
Can the West Avoid Fiscal Armageddon?
The West must confront structural debt, political dysfunction, and economic constraints
Nov 24, 2025 • Nicolas Colin
Allied Scale and the Future of the West
The West can only realise its potential if the US and Europe convert mass into coordinated scale
Nov 16, 2025 • Nicolas Colin
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In-depth analysis through the lens of Late-Cycle Investment Theory: how technological maturity reshapes markets, institutions, and capital allocation.
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