The Copper Curtain | Art Berman
The USA, China, and the race to the bottom to control the West and the East.
Trump's expansionist grabs at Venezuela and Greenland are not the moves of a madman. Whether we like it or not, they're coherent strategies to secure the USA economy and power in a world where resources are running low and China's ascent is inevitable.
This is the message of world-renowned energy expert, Art Berman. We are living in a new world of Putin, Xi and Trump, all of whom are engaging in very similar plays to control as much of Earth's resources and international markets as they can. Art thinks the only possible outcome for this new cold war is a replay of the first: a partition between the East and West, one dominated by China and the other by the USA. In the age of critical materials, I'm calling it the copper curtain.
We discuss all this and more, including the rave to the bottom, peak growth, which resources in particular are running low, and the fragility of renewable-based economies. This is Art's second time on the show. I highly recommend his first episode, Energy Wars, too.
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