The post-WWII geopolitical regime is ending. These posts discuss why it is ending and what might replace it.
Our descendants will wonder how America fell from a pinnacle of prosperity and power such as the world has never seen. Our policies for the past thirty years have been both astonishingly foolish and broadly supported by America’s elites (Left and Right). This note focuses on the core of our irrational economic policy, the “twin …
We have been warned. Death of the post-WWII geopolitical regime Read More »
After fifty years, the post-WWII geopolitical regime has become frail. Chapter One of this series considers the US economy, and what lies ahead for America — the hegemon of the current global order. Our friend, Smokey the Bear In the late 19th Century the goal of preventing forest fires gained wide support in the US. …
There is an excellent discussion of this important and timely topic at the Small Wars Council. I strongly recommend dropping in! Here are a few comments. (1) 4GW war is a just a conceptual tool, but a useful one Debates like these show its power, generating new perspectives. Look at the comments posted at SWC. Note …
I strongly recommend attention to the US dollar, as it breaks down to multi decade lows — or record lows — vs. almost every other currency (except the Zimbabwe dollar). It is almost impossible to exaggerate the seriousness of this situation. For Americans “currency crisis” and “currency flight” are things that happen to other, lesser …
A brief note on the US Dollar. Is this like August 1914? Read More »
Summary: Part four of four part series.   Here is part one, part two, and part three. Forecast #5: the next cycle begins There was a dream that was Rome. You could only whisper it. Anything more than a whisper and it would vanish, it was so fragile.     Marcus Aurelius, in the movie Gladiator This coming crisis might test …
Forecasts – Why wait? Read tomorrow’s news … today! (part 4) Read More »
