It happens in cycles. Globalization has followed deglobalization before and vice versa. It's never been one straight line upward.
>That is because it doesn't make sense for there to be 200 countries all experts in microchip manufacturing and banana growing.
It'll break down into blocs, not 200 individual countries.
Ask Estonia why they buy overpriced LNG from America and Qatar rather than cheap gas from their next door neighbor.
If you think the inability to source high end microchips from anywhere apart from Taiwan is going to prevent a future conflict (the Milton Friedman(tm) golden arches theory) then I'm afraid I've got bad news.
>If you think the inability to source high end microchips from anywhere apart from Taiwan is going to prevent a future conflict (the Milton Friedman(tm) golden arches theory) then I'm afraid I've got bad news.
Why are you saying that? Again, I didn't suggest that.
It happens in cycles. Globalization has followed deglobalization before and vice versa. It's never been one straight line upward.
>That is because it doesn't make sense for there to be 200 countries all experts in microchip manufacturing and banana growing.
It'll break down into blocs, not 200 individual countries.
Ask Estonia why they buy overpriced LNG from America and Qatar rather than cheap gas from their next door neighbor.
If you think the inability to source high end microchips from anywhere apart from Taiwan is going to prevent a future conflict (the Milton Friedman(tm) golden arches theory) then I'm afraid I've got bad news.