Economics
The Language of Financial Nihilism
From 'YOLO trades' to 'we're so back' — a linguistic autopsy of how a generation learned to joke about its economic extinction.
Théo Wentzel2 min · April 8, 2026
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Amsterdam
Théo writes about economics from the outside — how financial systems create language, culture, and identity, and what happens when those systems stop making sense.