The Rise of the State: Profitable Investing and Geopolitics in the 21st Century

Acknowledgments

The Rise of the State would have been difficult to complete without the contributions of Jason R. Koepke and Benjamin Shepherd. The former’s extremely refined and elevated levels of intellectual curiosity and the latter’s solid research skills were materially important.

Thanks are also due to Angelos A. Kovaios for the extensive discussions on geopolitical developments. Thank you to Gregg S. Early for being a big advocate and supporter for the need to always press on to conclusions. Thank you to Roger S. Conrad for helping us navigate the difficult waters of the financial advisory newsletter business in the past ten years, thus allowing us to also gain extensive knowledge in explaining our investment ideas to people.

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