Doug Casey’s Take, Released on 12/9/20

In our 50th episode, Doug shares his thoughts on China’s penetration of US elites (links to news reports below). Has China already outflanked the US?

– what is it about Chinese culture that helps them be the rising power?
– what is it about American culture that makes us the declining power?
– what are the common traits of rising powers?
– common traits of declining powers?

Three recent examples of Chinese penetration of elite US circles – 1. The revelations from the hunter Biden hard drive and senate report on links to China – https://news.yahoo.com/senate-report-…

2. The speech by Di Dongsheng, a professor of international relations at Renmin University where He said: “…we have people at the top. At the top of America’s core inner circle of power and influence, we have our old friends.”

3. The Axios report about a Chinese spy infiltrating California politicians – https://www.axios.com/china-spy-calif…

Doug Casey is an American-born libertarian economist and advocate of the free market. He is a bestselling financial author, international investor, entrepreneur, and the founder and chairman of Casey Research, a provider of subscription financial analysis about specific market verticals including natural resources/metals/mining, energy, commodities, and technology. Since 1979 he has written or co-written the monthly metals-and-mining-focused investment newsletter The International Speculator. He has authored four books, including Crisis Investing, the top-selling investing book of all time, Totally Incorrect, and Right on the Money. His latest novel is Assassin.

  america, china, culture