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Proprietary economic intelligence for high-consequence decisions

Integrate our macroeconomic frameworks directly into your institutional planning through retained advisory, closed-door briefings, and executive scenario mapping.

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Engagement models
  • Retained advisoryContinuous macroeconomic intelligence for executive teams and fiduciaries.Explore →
  • Executive briefingsClosed-door sessions isolating the structural shifts relevant to your mandate.Explore →
  • Strategic workshopsFacilitated scenario mapping to stress-test baseline assumptions and capital allocation.Explore →
  • Strategic keynotesMain-stage synthesis of the structural forces reshaping global market architecture.Explore →

Ways to work with us

  • Retained advisory & private intelligence

    Continuous operational support and bespoke structural analysis tailored to your specific market exposure and capital deployment strategy.

    • Proprietary intelligence memos
    • Closed-door executive briefings
    • Bespoke macroeconomic signal tracking
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  • Strategic keynotes & executive briefings

    High-density presentations translating macro research into clear, operational frameworks for leadership and main-stage audiences.

    • Main-stage keynotes and structural debates
    • Leadership offsites and institutional briefings
    • Tailored synthesis of baseline research
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  • Strategic workshops & scenario mapping

    Intensive working sessions to map compounding risks, stress-test supply chain dependencies, and align leadership for execution.

    • Structural risk framing and baseline design
    • Probabilistic scenario and trade-off mapping
    • Execution alignment and leading indicator tracking
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Where we focus

  1. 01

    Advanced Technology

    Compute, AI, biotech, semiconductors, platforms, and emerging tech.
  2. 02

    Capital Markets

    Flows of capital, financial innovation, corporate finance, and market structure.
  3. 03

    Cities and Infrastructure

    Urban systems, transport, energy, housing, and digital infrastructure.
  4. 04

    Risk and Resilience

    Economic risk, shocks, climate, health, cyber, and supply chains.
  5. 05

    State Capacity

    Institutions, policy capability, fiscal health, and governance.
  6. 06

    Strategic Competition

    Geopolitics, sanctions, trade, alliances, and economic statecraft.

Built on the published research

Each engagement applies Power Curve research and analysis tools to your organization’s priorities and constraints.

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Founder

Brendan Hart

economist and entrepreneur
Brendan Hart, founder of The Power CurveFounder

Brendan Hart is an economist and entrepreneur who studies how economic power is created, compounded, and constrained. He has spent two decades building teams and organizations across industry and government.

As publisher of The Power Curve, Hart analyzes strategic competition, economic infrastructure, and institutional resilience for leaders who run organizations, develop policy, and allocate capital. His work combines an economist’s discipline about incentives and constraints with an operator’s experience founding ventures in defense, technology, and workforce development.

Hart served as a team leader in the U.S. Marine Corps Fleet Anti-Terrorism Security Team before co-founding BMNT, a defense innovation accelerator that created a commercial bridge between Silicon Valley and Washington. BMNT helped emerging technology companies win government funding, including companies later acquired by Google, Amazon, and Microsoft. He also co-founded Student Veterans of America, which has served more than 750,000 members across 1,500 chapters since founding and helped secure the passage and implementation of the Post-9/11 GI Bill.

Hart participates in global forums such as the Milken Institute Global Conference and the Aspen Security Forum. He was a Senior Fellow at the Center for the Study of the Presidency and Congress and a member of the Aspen Institute’s Society of Fellows. His work has been featured by ABC News, USA Today, The Boston Globe, and U.S. News & World Report.

Hart holds degrees from Dartmouth College and the University of Virginia Darden School of Business.

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