The End of the World Is Just the Beginning: Mapping the Collapse of Globalization
by Peter Zeihan
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Author chats with podcaster Chris Williamson about book
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Aug, 2022
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Asserting that 2019 was the world’s last great year, the author explains how changing population demographics and fallout from the Russia/Ukraine war are combining to end globalization. He and the host discuss possible implications for various countries, from China to Chad to Germany. He says the countries that are probably best positioned to survive and thrive are the United States, New Zealand, and France. He names China as the country in the worst position.
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Stig Abell of Times Radio conducts remote interview with author
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Jul, 2022
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The author speaks with England’s Times Radio about the disintegration of globalization as he sees it. He says that China is actually in a precarious position, having terrible geography, an aging population, and not enough children. He says that most countries will have to decide whether to align themselves with a better positioned country like the U.S., to scale back their standard of living, or to “go it alone” and try to independently produce needed items instead of relying on the global network.
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Author appears on Joe Rogan podcast to talk about book
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Jan, 2023
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The author says it was predictable that this decade was always going to be the one when most of the developed world retired and the economic stability collapsed. With not enough people in their twenties and thirties to buy everything, and not enough young workers (driving up labor costs), life as we know it is not sustainable. He discusses the demographic problem in which China finds itself, in part due to its former one-child policy; now China has an aging population and not enough young, affordable labor.
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Peter Zeihan is an American geopolitical strategist and founder of Zeihan on Geopolitics. He uses topography, economics, demographics, history, and culture to forecast the future. His clients include energy corporations, financial institutions, business associations, agricultural interests, universities, and the U.S. military.
Publications
Independent Institute: Review by Robert Gmeiner
TheGeoPolity: Geopolitical strategist Zeihan argues that we are heading toward a period of deglobalization, with ensuing chaos and disaster
Medium: Mapping the Collapse of Civilization…Are demographics destiny?
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