2020 — Digital Economy

Theme: Reality goes virtual

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Presidential Terms

2020–2032

Joe Biden

2020–2024

Donald J. Trump

2024–2028Term 2

2020 — Digital Economy

Theme: Reality goes virtual

Previous cycle: Monetary Intervention (2008-2020)

What changed

  • Work, money, media, identity digitize rapidly
  • Fiscal + monetary policy merge
  • Platforms replace institutions

System effect

  • Intangible dominance (code, brand, networks)
  • Explosive inequality of outcomes
  • Control shifts from balance sheets to attention + compute

Why it matters

This is when: Economic activity becomes software-native.

And the system starts running into trust limits again.

System Anchor

  • •Pandemic response
  • •Fiscal + monetary fusion
  • •Direct transfers to households

Core Themes

  • •Intangible Dominance
  • •Monetary–Social Fusion
  • •Trust as Constraint

Capital Behavior

  • •Capital flows to intangibles
  • •Labor detached from asset returns
  • •Narrative + attention monetization

Best Performing Assets

  • •Platform equities
  • •Data, software, IP-heavy firms
  • •Digital networks

Hidden Risk

  • Social instability
  • Trust erosion
  • Political backlash