Where are we headed? It’s hard to say, but there’s one thing for sure. It’s a future that looks a lot different than the past we’ve known. This is one of the foundations Ray Dalio discusses from time to time. People and societies tend to get accustomed to how things are. They get carried away with the good and the bad and expect them to continue into infinity which is exactly when we get change. The moment everyone is positioning for the current mood to continue, it switches. He further discusses some of the ramifications of this in his piece
Many thanks Kane, a well-argued discourse. But I believe that fake money is not the driver now although it has enabled the expansion of our economies for 200 years because the massive (almost free) energy reserves from oil have allowed the global population to explode from 1Bn in 1900 to 8Bn.
I would be delighted to hear your take on my propositions, Kane and perhaps a look at my friend Dr Tim Morgan and Gail Tverberg will add further gravitas to the energy paradigm.
Many thanks Kane, a well-argued discourse. But I believe that fake money is not the driver now although it has enabled the expansion of our economies for 200 years because the massive (almost free) energy reserves from oil have allowed the global population to explode from 1Bn in 1900 to 8Bn.
It's energy, or rather EROEI, that drives economies and we have come to the end of a glorious age for the collective west anyway, IMHO. Here's why: https://austrianpeter.substack.com/p/the-financial-jigsaw-part-2-the-end?s=w
Whatever comes next, we will have fewer 'stuff' and less obscene excess - "Less is More". Here's my personal paradigm of the future: https://austrianpeter.substack.com/p/the-financial-jigsaw-part-2-localisation?s=w
And how I will be actioning it in South Africa: https://austrianpeter.substack.com/p/progressing-plan-b-a-quarterly-review?s=w
Blessings
AP
Thanks. Will take a look at this and agree that engergy plays a part.
I would be delighted to hear your take on my propositions, Kane and perhaps a look at my friend Dr Tim Morgan and Gail Tverberg will add further gravitas to the energy paradigm.
Blessings
AP