Power Hour with Alex Epstein25 Helmi 2021

Maxwell Goldberg on Our Dangerous Material Dependence on China

Alex Epstein interviews Maxwell Goldberg, an entrepreneur and industrial analyst, about our little-known dependence on China for dozens of materials that modern life requires.

They cover topics including:
- How Maxwell got interested in this issue at such a young age.
- Just how dependent the US is on China.
- China’s proven track record of exploiting its control of the “rare earths” supply chain
- China’s goal
- The sincerity of China’s “net-zero” by 2060 pledge
- What policy changes are necessary

Maxwell (Max) Goldberg is an industrialist and investor developing materials, manufacturing, and industrial companies, products, and services. In 2021 Max is focused on investing in and acquiring United States based manufacturing companies and helping United States industrial businesses dissect “where stuff comes from”, particularly the critical minerals and value-added-commodity-products that are ubiquitous throughout their value chains. Max is an engineer by training, with a B.S. in Materials Engineering and and M.S. in Manufacturing Systems Engineering, both from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Since 2018, Max has hosted the Next Frontier Podcast, a show devoted to understanding how innovation resources enable industrialists and entrepreneurs to innovate faster than ever before. Max formerly worked as an Entrepreneur-in-Residence for Dr. Peter Diamandis, executing technical due diligence and business development across the XPRIZE Foundation, Singularity University, Bold Capital Partners, Fountain Therapeutics, and Peter’s recent book launch.

His website is https://maxwellgoldberg.com/

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