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Debt: The Silent Amplifier of Failure

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Why leverage does not create fragility—but magnifies it, accelerates it, and ultimately reveals it. This post builds on the Allocator Lens model → read it here. Debt is not inherently dangerous. It is, in many cases, useful, even necessary. It allows businesses to invest ahead of cash flow, to scale faster than retained earnings would […]

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