JS 95: Globalizing the U.S. Economy with Peter Zeihan Author of ‘The Accidental Superpower’

Jason Hartman opens with a short introduction for today's Jet Setter show and talks about the bash America movement. He knows that a lot of his guests that come on to the show tend to bash America, yet they still live in the United States. He introduces his Creating Wealth podcast guest, Peter Zeihan, on to the show to give a better contrast as to why the United States is so important to the economy on a global scale and why it really isn't as bad as you might think. 

 

Key Takeaways:

3:20 – Jason's opinion of the United States has changed over the years.

6:10 – The US is in the center of some fantastic technologies. 

10:30 – Jason thinks American's negative opinions of the US is massively overblown. 

13:40 – There's a couple of great upcoming shows to look out for. 

16:15 – Jason is currently reading Tony Robbins's latest book, Money, and is trying to get him on the show. 

19:20 – Jason introduces Peter to the show. 

22:20 – We have more older workers than we do younger workers right now, which is a first ever in history. 

29:30 – If the US steps back in their trade, everybody worldwide would suffer. 

36:20 – As broken as our social security system is, it's no where near the kind of problems the Japanese and European retirees will be experiencing. 

41:00 – Will the US become an oil exporter? There's three angles to this. 

45:15 – If 1% of the global manufacturers’ market is taken over by 3D printing, then that will result in a 10-15% drop in shipping. 

51:30 – Don't forget to check out Peter's book, The Accidental Superpower. 

 

Mentioned In This Episode:

Abundance by  Peter H. Diamandis and Steven Kotler. 

The Accidental Superpower: The Next Generation of American Preeminence and the Coming Global 

Disorder by Peter Zeihan

Money: Master the Game by Tony Robbins

www.Zeihan.com