Kurt Cobb

Somebody needs to buy U.S. trade policymakers a periodic table of elements. China last week banned export of the key high-tech metals antimony, gallium and germanium to the United States. In this case, China has the upper hand.

Those coming into power now on a worldwide wave of discontent appear to understand little about the ultimate underlying causes of that discontent.

Deglobalization is proceeding apace for many reasons. Here’s one more.

Concern about a surprise acceleration in the decline of human fertility is missing the most critical factor.

The same factors that led to Donald Trump’s election in 2016 are still with us. The French philosopher Bruno Latour made the case that Trump’s perplexing popularity could be traced to his ability to give voice to the anger and fear generated by the effects of Globalism.

“Metabolical”, a book by a medical researcher and physician, tell us that the relationship between our diet (heavy on processed foods) and chronic disease is far more profound than we’ve been told.