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'There is a tide in the affairs of men. Which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune..." This is an introductory post to a multi-part series about thinkers who predicted de-globalization early. For links to other articles in the series, scroll to the bottom. Making accurate predictions

When it rains, it pours “Dutch disease” is one of the several phenomena in economics that confirm the idea that one can, indeed, have “too much of a good thing.” When most people think about the economy, they are usually interested in the challenge of managing scarcity. How to grow

History Rhymes This is Part 2 of a two-part, high-level overview of Bruce Greenwald’s views on geopolitics and de-globalization. These articles sit within a broader series covering analysts that have been predicting de-globalization for the past several years. We’ve covered the basic outline of how a positive productivity

You take the Good with the Bad This is the third installment in a series on analysts who were relatively early in predicting de-globalization. What makes an economy ‘healthy?’ Is it the ability to generate a very high level of output? Or perhaps it is the ability to generate a

‘God has a special providence for fools, drunkards, and the United States of America.’ This is Part 2 of a two-part, high-level overview of Peter Zeihan’s views on geopolitics and de-globalization. These articles sit within a broader series covering analysts that have been predicting de-globalization for the past several

The Creation of Order and Disorder This is the second installment in a series on analysts who were relatively early in predicting de-globalization. Peter Zeihan has become a bit of an internet celebrity over the past few years for making bold predictions about the future (many of which appear to