Look to Brazil for safe, stable investments As the future of the American economy seems to get bleaker by the day, it is tempting to look abroad for business opportunities. Europe and Asia don't provide much hope, but what about somewhere that's both closer to home and sunny year-round? In Brazil is the New America: How Brazil Offers Upward Mobility in a Collapsing World, James D. Davidson shows that the current financial situation in Brazil is a haven for those looking to make money in a world in turmoil. With a population just 62 percent the size of that of the US, Brazil has added 15,023,633 jobs over the past eight years, while the US has lost millions. In a world burdened by bankrupt governments and aging populations, Brazil is solvent, with two people of working age for every dependent. In a world of "Peak Oil" Brazil is energy independent, with 70 billion barrels of oil, 60% of the world's unused arable land, and 15% of its fresh water. Comparatively non-leveraged--and with significant room for growth and expansion, as well as vast natural resources, Brazil is a haven of opportunity. Written by James D. Davidson, the editor/publisher of Strategic Investment and cofounder of Agora and the media outlet, Newsmax, Brazil is the New America details: * How the original "America" now embodies the brightest hope for realizing the American Dream while the "Old America" is headed for a dramatic decline in the standard of living * Investment opportunities not only for those willing to relocate, but anyone who can consider investing there * The cost structure of employment in Brazil versus the United States Brazil has already learned its lesson about the dangers of inflation. Cash has taken the place of credit, and high interest rate returns are now the norm.

InhaltsangabePreface xiii Acknowledgments xv Chapter 1 The World in 2050 1 A Preview of the Future 2 A Decrease in Productive Capacity 5 Squandering Prosperity 9 Chapter 2 The Original America Is the New Brazil 11 The Country of the Future 14 The Origins of America 20 The Mythic Brazil 24 A Difficult Dream to Realize 26 Can America's Destiny Be Fulfilled in Brazil? 28 Chapter 3 How Brazil Became Endowed for Prosperity in a Collapsing World 35 The Impact of Topography 36 Yesterday's Limitations as Today's Strengths 45 Three Radical Changes 53 Predatory Government Growth Imperatives Lead to Fiat Money and Runaway Debt Energy Surges Alter Spatial Configurations of Economies Chapter 4 Prosperity and Energy Density: The Hidden Role of BTUs in the Rise and Fall of Economies 67 Denser Energy Equals a Rise in Prosperity 68 Coal and Adam Smith 69 Going Forward or Backward? The Phases of Extracting Energy 73 Phase One: An Abundance of Wood Phase Two: An Abundance of Coal Phase Three: The Original Petroleum Industry The Shift from Coal to Oil and World War I 75 Peak Oil and Declining Money 79 Declining Energy and Systemic Collapse The Real Symptoms of Peak Oil The Competition for Prosperity 84 Expensive Oil Remains A 665,000 Percent Increase in the Price of a BTU? The SS Great Britain Sails Again 87 "Yes! We Have No Bananas" Chapter 5 Malthus Again: Population Pressures, Global Cooling, and the Coming Dark Age 91 The Dynamics of Weather 93 Not Wrong, but Early 96 Waiting for Our Malthusian Moment 100 The Next Little Ice Age 104 "The Dog That Did Not Bark" 114 Putting Two and Two Together 117 A New Maunder Minimum 124 Dearth, Insanity, and Revolution 125 Chapter 6 Deficit Attention Disorder: How the Perverse Logic of Debtism Promotes the Illusion of Democratic Consensus but Devastates the Economy 131 How Debtism Changed the World 132 Debtism Helps Politicians Manipulate You 142 The U.S. Budget Deficits Would Make Greece Blush 144 Worse than the Great Depression 149 The Collapse of the Boom 156 Chapter 7 "Rome" Falls, Again: Economic Closure and Financial Repression as the United States Faces Bankruptcy 159 SlipSliding Down the Road to National Insolvency 160 The Destruction of the Middle Class PreIndustrial Growth Rates Are You Ready for Taxes to Double? Welcome to the Second Decline and Fall of "Rome" 167 The New Berlin Wall Americans as the New Illegal Emigrants 172 Chapter 8 The Sunny Side of the Leverage Cycle: How Brazil's Legacy of Hyperinflation Prepared It to Prosper in a Post-Dollar World 175 You Are in Steerage on a Sinking Ship 178 Stopping Runaway Spending 181 Important Lessons from Hyperinflation 185 Minimal Bank Capital Ratios: A Crisis Waiting to Happen U.S. Reserve Requirements: A System Failure The Political Roots of the Economic Crisis How Brazilians Became the New Scots CrashProofing the System Brazilian Style America's $104 Trillion Problem Brazil and the Taylor Rule Leverage and Growth 195 GDP Gains Based on Income Growth 196 Chapter 9 A Bounty of Water and Land: Brazil as History's First Tropical Superpower 199 Brazil and Water 199 Sustainability A World of Water Shortages Renewable Water Brazil Reinvents Agriculture 206 The New Breadbasket of the World Diversification Irrigation A History of Small and Large Farms A Stunning Increase Chapter 10 Reversing the Gap: Brazil as the World's Emerging Energy Superpower 221 The Zero Sum Growth Game 222 Grim Prospects 226 Pulling the Plug 228 Submerging Economies 231 Rio Is the New Houston 233 Leading the Way in Renewable Energy 238 Let There Be Light 242 Declining Power after an Energy Transition 244 Chapter 11 Demographic Turbocharge: Brazil's Coming Decades of Miracle Growth 247 China Takes a Dive? 251 Brazil'

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