000			02167 a2200181 4500
020			_a9780063230477 (hbk.)
082			_a338.91 _bZEI
100			_aZeihan, Peter
245			_aThe End of the World Is Just the Beginning: Mapping the Collapse of Globalization / _bby Peter Zeihan
260			_aNew York: _bHarper Collins, _cc2022.
300			_axi, 497p.
504			_aIncludes Index.
520			_aFor generations, everything has been getting faster, better, and cheaper. Finally, we reached the point that almost anything you could ever want could be sent to your home within days—even hours—of when you decided you wanted it. America made that happen, but now America has lost interest in keeping it going. Globe-spanning supply chains are only possible with the protection of the U.S. Navy. The American dollar underpins internationalized energy and financial markets. Complex, innovative industries were created to satisfy American consumers. American security policy forced warring nations to lay down their arms. Billions of people have been fed and educated as the American-led trade system spread across the globe. All of this was artificial. All this was temporary. All this is ending. In The End of the World Is Just the Beginning, author and geopolitical strategist Peter Zeihan maps out the next world: a world where countries or regions will have no choice but to make their own goods, grow their own food, secure their own energy, fight their own battles, and do it all with populations that are both shrinking and aging. The list of countries that make it all work is smaller than you think. Which means everything about our interconnected world—from how we manufacture products, to how we grow food, to how we keep the lights on, to how we shuttle stuff about, to how we pay for it all—is about to change. A world ending. A world beginning. Zeihan brings listeners along for an illuminating (and a bit terrifying) ride packed with foresight, wit, and his trademark irreverence.
650			_aEconomic development--Forecasting
650			_aGeopolitics
650			_aInternational relations--Forecasting
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