Peter Zeihan || Cartels Part 3: The North American Drug War
There are a few reasons the cartels love their cocaine, mainly because it's easy to smuggle and cheap to make. But what happens when you sell it? You're left with a boatload of "dirty cash" you can't ...
16 Mar 20235min
Peter Zeihan || The Financial Crisis of 2023?
No, we're not headed for another financial crisis...although, to those with more than 250k in one of the three failing banks, it may seem like we are. Silicon Valley Bank is the largest of the three, ...
15 Mar 20237min
Peter Zeihan || Trusting the Numbers in a Deglobalized World
To my fellow nerds reading along...this is your trigger warning...today we're talking about BAD DATA. Sorry for the dramatics, but I'm sure many of you share my frustration when you can't find the cor...
13 Mar 20236min
Peter Zeihan || Cartels Part 2: Origins of the Drug Trade
Flashback to the 80s with me for a moment...we can leave out the big hair and leg warmers...but let's talk drugs. Most of the cartel activity came from one place, Colombia. If you've ever seen Miami V...
10 Mar 20237min
Peter Zeihan || Iran Discovers a Huge Deposit of Lithium
The Iranians have stumbled upon what every Green dreams of...a massive store of lithium ore. If the numbers prove true, it would be the 2nd largest deposit ever discovered. But is it too good to be tr...
9 Mar 20233min
Peter Zeihan || Cartels Part 1: Americans Caught in the Crossfire
On March 7th, two of the four US citizens kidnapped shortly after crossing the border into Mexico were found dead. This raises several questions, but perhaps the most significant is how this will chan...
8 Mar 20233min
Peter Zeihan || Can the US Military Fight Russia and China?
With the potential for the Americans to get caught up in simaltaneous wars with the Russians and Chinese, do I think the US can handle it? The short answer is that the US will be fine...Full Newslette...
7 Mar 20232min
Peter Zeihan || Interfering with the Russian Gold Trade
The Russians are taking a page from the Iranians by using gold to avoid the sanctions imposed on the Euro and USD. But before we look at how the Europeans are trying to disrupt their gold usage, we mu...
6 Mar 20233min
