Brazil Is the New America - How Brazil Offers Upward Mobility in a Collapsing World

Informationen zum Autor JAMES DALE DAVIDSON is a successful entrepreneur who edits Strategic Investment. A cofounder, with Bill Bonner, of Agora Inc. and a cofounder of the media outlet Newsmax.com, Mr. Davidson is the author of five books. He defied conventional wisdom to forecast the Japanese stock market crash of 1989, the fall of the Berlin Wall, and the collapse of the Soviet Union. Klappentext Look to Brazil for safe, stable investmentsAs the future of the American economy seems to get bleaker by the day, it is tempting to look abroad for business opportunities. Europe and Asia don't provide much hope, but what about somewhere that's both closer to home and sunny year-round? In Brazil is the New America: How Brazil Offers Upward Mobility in a Collapsing World, James D. Davidson shows that the current financial situation in Brazil is a haven for those looking to make money in a world in turmoil.With a population just 62 percent the size of that of the US, Brazil has added 15,023,633 jobs over the past eight years, while the US has lost millions. In a world burdened by bankrupt governments and aging populations, Brazil is solvent, with two people of working age for every dependent. In a world of "Peak Oil" Brazil is energy independent, with 70 billion barrels of oil, 60% of the world's unused arable land, and 15% of its fresh water. Comparatively non-leveraged--and with significant room for growth and expansion, as well as vast natural resources, Brazil is a haven of opportunity.Written by James D. Davidson, the editor/publisher of Strategic Investment and cofounder of Agora and the media outlet, Newsmax, Brazil is the New America details:* How the original "America" now embodies the brightest hope for realizing the American Dream while the "Old America" is headed for a dramatic decline in the standard of living* Investment opportunities not only for those willing to relocate, but anyone who can consider investing there* The cost structure of employment in Brazil versus the United StatesBrazil has already learned its lesson about the dangers of inflation. Cash has taken the place of credit, and high interest rate returns are now the norm. Zusammenfassung Look to Brazil for safe, stable investmentsAs the future of the American economy seems to get bleaker by the day, it is tempting to look abroad for business opportunities. Europe and Asia don't provide much hope, but what about somewhere that's both closer to home and sunny year-round? In Brazil is the New America: How Brazil Offers Upward Mobility in a Collapsing World, James D. Davidson shows that the current financial situation in Brazil is a haven for those looking to make money in a world in turmoil.With a population just 62 percent the size of that of the US, Brazil has added 15,023,633 jobs over the past eight years, while the US has lost millions. In a world burdened by bankrupt governments and aging populations, Brazil is solvent, with two people of working age for every dependent. In a world of "Peak Oil" Brazil is energy independent, with 70 billion barrels of oil, 60% of the world's unused arable land, and 15% of its fresh water. Comparatively non-leveraged--and with significant room for growth and expansion, as well as vast natural resources, Brazil is a haven of opportunity.Written by James D. Davidson, the editor/publisher of Strategic Investment and cofounder of Agora and the media outlet, Newsmax, Brazil is the New America details:* How the original "America" now embodies the brightest hope for realizing the American Dream while the "Old America" is headed for a dramatic decline in the standard of living* Investment opportunities not only for those willing to relocate, but anyone who can consider investing there* The cost structure of employment in Brazil versus the United StatesBrazil has already learned its lesson about the dangers of inflation. Cash has taken the place of credit, ...

List of contents

Preface xiii
 
Acknowledgments xv
 
Chapter 1 The World in 2050 1
 
A Preview of the Future 2
 
A Decrease in Productive Capacity 5
 
Squandering Prosperity 9
 
Chapter 2 The Original America Is the New Brazil 11
 
The Country of the Future 14
 
The Origins of America 20
 
The Mythic Brazil 24
 
A Difficult Dream to Realize 26
 
Can America's Destiny Be Fulfilled in Brazil? 28
 
Chapter 3 How Brazil Became Endowed for Prosperity in a Collapsing World 35
 
The Impact of Topography 36
 
Yesterday's Limitations as Today's Strengths 45
 
Three Radical Changes 53
 
Predatory Government
 
Growth Imperatives Lead to Fiat Money and Runaway Debt
 
Energy Surges Alter Spatial Configurations of Economies
 
Chapter 4 Prosperity and Energy Density: The Hidden Role of BTUs in the Rise and Fall of Economies 67
 
Denser Energy Equals a Rise in Prosperity 68
 
Coal and Adam Smith 69
 
Going Forward or Backward?
 
The Phases of Extracting Energy 73
 
Phase One: An Abundance of Wood
 
Phase Two: An Abundance of Coal
 
Phase Three: The Original Petroleum Industry
 
The Shift from Coal to Oil and World War I 75
 
Peak Oil and Declining Money 79
 
Declining Energy and Systemic Collapse
 
The Real Symptoms of Peak Oil
 
The Competition for Prosperity 84
 
Expensive Oil Remains
 
A 665,000 Percent Increase in the Price of a BTU?
 
The SS Great Britain Sails Again 87
 
"Yes! We Have No Bananas"
 
Chapter 5 Malthus Again: Population Pressures, Global Cooling, and the Coming Dark Age 91
 
The Dynamics of Weather 93
 
Not Wrong, but Early 96
 
Waiting for Our Malthusian Moment 100
 
The Next Little Ice Age 104
 
"The Dog That Did Not Bark" 114
 
Putting Two and Two Together 117
 
A New Maunder Minimum 124
 
Dearth, Insanity, and Revolution 125
 
Chapter 6 Deficit Attention Disorder: How the Perverse Logic of Debtism Promotes the Illusion of Democratic Consensus but Devastates the Economy 131
 
How Debtism Changed the World 132
 
Debtism Helps Politicians Manipulate You 142
 
The U.S. Budget Deficits Would Make Greece Blush 144
 
Worse than the Great Depression 149
 
The Collapse of the Boom 156
 
Chapter 7 "Rome" Falls, Again: Economic Closure and Financial Repression as the United States Faces Bankruptcy 159
 
Slip-Sliding Down the Road to National Insolvency 160
 
The Destruction of the Middle Class
 
Pre-Industrial Growth Rates
 
Are You Ready for Taxes to Double?
 
Welcome to the Second Decline and Fall of "Rome" 167
 

The New Berlin Wall
 
Americans as the New Illegal Emigrants 172
 
Chapter 8 The Sunny Side of the Leverage Cycle: How Brazil's Legacy of Hyperinflation Prepared It to Prosper in a Post-Dollar World 175
 
You Are in Steerage on a Sinking Ship 178
 
Stopping Runaway Spending 181
 
Important Lessons from Hyperinflation 185
 
Minimal Bank Capital Ratios: A Crisis Waiting to Happen
 
U.S. Reserve Requirements: A System Failure
 
The Political Roots of the Economic Crisis
 
How Brazilians Became the New Scots
 
Crash-Proofing the System Brazilian Style
 
America's $104 Trillion Problem
 
Brazil and the Taylor Rule
 
Leverage and Growth 195
 
GDP Gains Based on Income Growth 196
 
Chapter 9 A Bounty of Water and Land: Brazil as History's First Tropical Superpow

Product details

• Authors: James D. Davidson, James Dale Davidson, Davidson James Dale
• Publisher: Wiley, John and Sons Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.09.2012
• EAN: 9781118006634
• ISBN: 978-1-118-00663-4
• No. of pages: 352
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Business > International economy; Finanzwesen, Finance & Investments, Finanz- u. Anlagewesen, Spezialthemen Finanz- u. Anlagewesen, Finance & Investments Special Topics