Democratic President & House, Republican Senate (2028)
The physical shock registers across the economy with the same visibility that drove the previous scenarios—insured losses accumulate, infrastructure fails in documented…
Getting Beyond Frameworks
The music was already loud when the doors opened. Not nightclub loud. Precisely calibrated. Loud enough bass to be felt through the carpet, enough rhythm to create…
Republican Presidency & Senate, Democratic House (2028)
Divided government is often described as a constraint on action. That description is incomplete. Divided government is better understood as a machine for converting…
Birth and Death
The debate about whether AI is making humans better or worse at thinking and writing continues to swirl, and my prediction is that it will swirl forever. There is no…
Unified Republican Control (2028)
Part IV examines how the anti-ESG ecosystem processes a visible climate shock under four distinct political configurations. These chapters do not ask whether politics…