Book · 2020 · History
Disunited Nations
The Scramble for Power in an Ungoverned World
Disunited Nations by Peter Zeihan has been mentioned in 1 episode across 1 podcast (0 episodes recommend it and 1 episode discusses it), through . Most frequently brought up by Patrick O'Shaughnessy (1 episode) and Peter Zeihan (1 episode) on Invest Like the Best (1 episode).
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One of the things that I had to really focus on heavily in order to produce this book was talk about what makes things work, why things are the way they are, why we've become used to them in the way that they are, and what it means when that changes.
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- Focuses on central book topics“central topics of the book”2
The best things said about it
If you look at these four factors and kind of stack them up, there's really only about five countries in the world right now who can kind of do this well. And that first tier of countries is honestly what the book is mostly about.
There was a second early framework like the what makes a successful country framework that you just laid out that I found really interesting and probably important for understanding your model of the world.
A key central part of the book is that the Americans have done what they've done over the last however many decades, but that their interest in all of this in the future around the globe is just going to wane.
There's a great little description at one point in the book where you say that Americans in the future, as it pertains to sort of their interest in global affairs, will be distant, uninterested.
Let's shift gears away from politics and, again, back towards some of the central topics of the book.
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Patrick O'Shaughnessy Let's shift gears away from politics and, again, back towards some of the central topics of the book. One p… 1
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“there was a second early framework like the what makes a successful country framework that you just laid out that I found really interesting and probably important for understanding your model of the world. And I think the chapter title was something like how to rule the world.”
Discussed
“So talk about why these models are important. I think a key central part of the book is that the Americans have done what they've done over the last however many decades, but that their interest in all of this in the future around the globe is just going to wane.”
Discussed
“I'd love to hear your thoughts on maybe almost advice for those operating here in the United States, especially business people, a lot of those listening. There's a great little description at one point in the book where you say that Americans in the future, as it pertains to sort of their interest in global affairs, will be distant, uninterested,”
Discussed
“Let's shift gears away from politics and, again, back towards some of the central topics of the book. One place we haven't discussed at all yet is Africa.”
Peter Zeihan One of the things that I had to really focus on heavily in order to produce this book was talk about what m… 1
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“One of the things that I had to really focus on heavily in order to produce this book was talk about what makes things work, why things are the way they are, why we've become used to them in the way that they are, and what it means when that changes.”
Discussed
“And if you look at these four factors and kind of stack them up, there's really only about five countries in the world right now who can kind of do this well. And that first tier of countries is honestly what the book is mostly about.”
Other mentions (2: passing, ad reads, own books)
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“My guest this week is Peter Zyhan, the author of the new book, The Disunited Nations. Peter was an extremely popular guest on the show last year, and after reading his new book, I knew we'd have a lot to discuss in round two.”
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“I know you're writing another book. We talked about some of the countries that you're going to be writing about, Japan, Turkey, Argentina, France. Anything else major in that book that you're really honed in on right now?”