The End of the World Is Just the Beginning by Peter Zeihan | Book Club

Full Title: The End of the World Is Just the Beginning: Mapping the Collapse of Globalization
Suggested by: Member
Pages to read: 439
ISBN: 9780063230477 (Originally listed edition)
ISBN: 9780063230484 (Edition Eugene is using)

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While reading the book, consider the below questions:
•What is the raison d’etre of the book? For what purpose did the author write the book? Why do people read this book?
•What are some limitations of the book?
•To whom would you suggest this book?
•How did fertilizer effect food production?
•What were the initial fertilizers?
•Where did people settle during the hunter/gatherer era?
•What happened when people tried to farm?
•What is a Geography of Success?
•What can a river provide?
•What can be done with surplus food
•What was the effect of the windmill?
•How did improved infrastructure effect a people’s survival?
•What was for trade before deepwater navigation? How did deepwater navigation effect trade?
•What was the effect of the industrial revolution?
•What is the cost of industrialization?
•What Order did the Bretton Woods create?
•What happened to wanting children?
•What effect does industrialization have on the demographics of a state?
•What effect did globalization have on small communities?
•What is the effect of deglobalization?
•What is the effect of tech competition?
•What economic systems are possible in a deglobalized world?
•How much gold is there?
•What is the price of internal unification?
•How is transportation effected by deglobalization?
•How is finance effected by deglobalization?
•How is energy effected by deglobalization?
•How are industrial materials effected by deglobalization?
•How is agriculture effected by deglobalization?

Your questions are important and will take priority. If you have questions about the book's content or related ideas, either let me know what your questions are or raise them during the discussion.