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The Epilogue Economy Wasn’t a Theory. It Was a Forecast.

Two years ago, I wrote about it. This week, UBS and e27 confirmed it.

Christopher Smith
Jul 21, 2025
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Two years ago, I began writing about something I called The Epilogue Economy - a shift hiding in plain sight.

In the middle of the AI arms race, HoldCo collapses, and creative industry burnout, I kept returning to the same question:

What happens when 60 stops meaning “the end” and starts meaning “what’s next?”

What happens when the most experienced, afflue…

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