Weekend Reading, Watching and Listening Recommendations (October 28, 2022)

The Dollar and Empire; The Climate Crisis Is Driving Poorer Nations to Desperate Measures; The end of history ends; All The Metals We Mined; Reinventing Farming and Food Post-globalization

1. Read: The Dollar and Empire: What does the US dollar’s continued dominance in the global monetary and financial systems mean for geo-economic and geo-political power? (via Phenomenal World) HT Tim Sahay @70sBachchan

2. Read: The Climate Crisis Is Driving Poorer Nations to Desperate Measures. Heavily indebted nations’ threat to stop payment on debts is a last-ditch effort to get rich countries to pay attention to their plight. (via the New Republic)

3. Listen: The end of history ends by Walter Russell Mead (via the Engelsberg Ideas Podcast)

4. Chart of the Week: All the Metals We Mined

   

5. Watch: Reinventing Farming and Food Post-globalisation (via the Financial Times)