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Demographics: The Zeihan Thesis
Peter Zeihan's argument that aging populations and a retreating US will end globalization as we knew it: population pyramids, the baby-boom retirement, capital and consumption effects, America's geographic and demographic edge, and the critiques.
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Key idea
Prereqs: Population & demographics; The Accidental Superpower. Next: Food & grain routes; The Changing World Order. Sources: Peter Zeihan, *The Accidental Superpower* (2014) and *The End of the World Is Just the Beginning* (2022); UN *World Population Prospects*.Next: 1. The demographic engine