{"product_id":"the-end-of-the-world-is-just-the-beginning-mapping-the-collapse-of-globalization","title":"The End of the World Is Just the Beginning: Mapping the Collapse of Globalization","description":"A New York Times Bestseller!\n2019 was the last great year for the world economy.\nFor 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.\nAmerica made that happen, but now America has lost interest in keeping it going.\nGlobe-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.\nAll of this was artificial. All this was temporary. All this is ending.\nIn 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.\nThe 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.\nIn customary Zeihan fashion, rather than yelling fire in the geoeconomic theatre, he narrates the accumulation of matchsticks, gasoline, and dynamite in the hands of the oblivious audience, suggesting we might want to call the fire department.\nA world ending. A world beginning. Zeihan brings readers along for an illuminating (and a bit terrifying) ride packed with foresight, wit, and his trademark irreverence.\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 006323047X\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: BVV.006323047X.G\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Good\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Zeihan, Peter\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: The item shows wear from consistent use, but it remains in good condition and works perfectly. All pages and cover are intact  including the dust cover, if applicable . Spine may show signs of wear. Pages may include limited notes and highlighting. May NOT include discs, access code or other supplemental materials.  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Blue Vase Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43335376601149,"sku":"BVV.006323047X.G","price":5.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0589\/4225\/9261\/files\/006323047X-0.jpg?v=1783725043","url":"https:\/\/www.bluevasebooks.com\/products\/the-end-of-the-world-is-just-the-beginning-mapping-the-collapse-of-globalization","provider":"Blue Vase Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}