In <a href= "https://hiddenforces.io/podcasts/fall-of-damascus-new-geopolitics-of-the-middle-east-kamran-bokhari"> Episode 394</a> of Hidden Forces, Demetri Kofinas speaks with geopolitical analyst and forecaster Kamran Bokhari about the fall of Damascus and the implications of Bashar al-Assad’s ouster in Syria for the balance of power in the Middle East. Kamran last came on the podcast a year ago to discuss the violence ignited by Hamas’ October 7th attacks, the nature and scope of Iranian involvement, and how various regional actors, including Turkey, Saudi Arabia, the Houthis, and Hezbollah were exploiting the growing disorder for their own advantage as the Biden administration struggled to stabilize a region that was on the verge of another major war. That war has seemingly come and gone, leaving Iran’s influence network along the Shia crescent from Damascus to Beirut, along with its proxies and affiliates in utter devastation or full-on retreat. Assad’s departure and the fall of his regime in Syria are the equivalent of a geopolitical earthquake and are already dramatically changing the balance of power in the Middle East. Kamran and Demetri spend the first hour of this episode recapping these recent events, enumerating the key players who expect a seat at the table for any negotiation over Syria’s future, why the center of gravity in the Sunni Muslim world is shifting from Riyadh to Ankara, and what all of this means for Iran and the strategic vision that has guided the Islamic revolution since 1979. In the second hour, Kofinas and Bokhari go one by one through every major country that will be materially affected by the outcome in Syria. They discuss the consequences and opportunities for Turkey, the new threats and challenges posed to Israel, what this new reality means for the Saudis, the interests of the United States and Russia, and why el-Sisi's regime in Egypt may be the next major Arab government to come under pressure in the years to come. You can subscribe to our premium content and access our premium feed, episode transcripts, and Intelligence Reports at <a href= "https://hiddenforces.io/subscribe">HiddenForces.io/subscribe</a>. If you want to join in on the conversation and become a member of the Hidden Forces Genius community, which includes Q&A calls with guests, access to special research and analysis, in-person events, and dinners, you can also do that on our subscriber page at <a href= "https://hiddenforces.io/subscribe">HiddenForces.io/subscribe</a>. If you enjoyed listening to today’s episode of Hidden Forces, you can help support the show by doing the following: Subscribe on <a href= "https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/hidden-forces/id1205359334">Apple Podcasts</a> | <a href= "https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8URhgYos5fjHqFSO4RSIEg">YouTube</a> | <a href= "https://open.spotify.com/show/0TK6u251zGSlMgJKH6cOaP">Spotify</a> | <a href= "https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/demetri-kofinas/hidden-forces">Stitcher</a> | <a href="https://soundcloud.com/hiddenforces">SoundCloud</a> | <a href="https://castbox.fm/channel/2629539">CastBox</a> | <a href= "http://hiddenforces.libsyn.com/rss">RSS Feed</a> Write us a review on <a href= "https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/hidden-forces/id1205359334">Apple Podcasts</a> & <a href= "https://open.spotify.com/show/0TK6u251zGSlMgJKH6cOaP">Spotify</a> Subscribe to our mailing list at <a href= "https://hiddenforces.io/">https://hiddenforces.io/newsletter/</a> Producer & Host: <a href= "http://www.demetrikofinas.com/">Demetri Kofinas</a> Editor & Engineer: Stylianos Nicolaou Subscribe and Support the Podcast at <a href= "https://hiddenforces.io/">https://hiddenforces.io</a> Join the conversation on <a href= "https://www.facebook.com/hiddenforcespod/">Facebook</a>, <a href= "https://www.instagram.com/hiddenforcespod/">Instagram</a>, and <a href="https://twitter.com/hiddenforcespod">Twitter</a> at @hiddenforcespod Follow Demetri on Twitter at <a href= "https://twitter.com/kofinas">@Kofinas</a> Episode Recorded on 12/09/2024

<description>&lt;p dir="ltr"&gt;In &lt;a href= "https://hiddenforces.io/podcasts/fall-of-damascus-new-geopolitics-of-the-middle-east-kamran-bokhari"&gt; Episode 394&lt;/a&gt; of Hidden Forces, Demetri Kofinas speaks with geopolitical analyst and forecaster Kamran Bokhari about the fall of Damascus and the implications of Bashar al-Assad’s ouster in Syria for the balance of power in the Middle East.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr"&gt;Kamran last came on the podcast a year ago to discuss the violence ignited by Hamas’ October 7th attacks, the nature and scope of Iranian involvement, and how various regional actors, including Turkey, Saudi Arabia, the Houthis, and Hezbollah were exploiting the growing disorder for their own advantage as the Biden administration struggled to stabilize a region that was on the verge of another major war.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr"&gt;That war has seemingly come and gone, leaving Iran’s influence network along the Shia crescent from Damascus to Beirut, along with its proxies and affiliates in utter devastation or full-on retreat. Assad’s departure and the fall of his regime in Syria are the equivalent of a geopolitical earthquake and are already dramatically changing the balance of power in the Middle East.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr"&gt;Kamran and Demetri spend the first hour of this episode recapping these recent events, enumerating the key players who expect a seat at the table for any negotiation over Syria’s future, why the center of gravity in the Sunni Muslim world is shifting from Riyadh to Ankara, and what all of this means for Iran and the strategic vision that has guided the Islamic revolution since 1979.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr"&gt;In the second hour, Kofinas and Bokhari go one by one through every major country that will be materially affected by the outcome in Syria. They discuss the consequences and opportunities for Turkey, the new threats and challenges posed to Israel, what this new reality means for the Saudis, the interests of the United States and Russia, and why el-Sisi's regime in Egypt may be the next major Arab government to come under pressure in the years to come.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr"&gt;You can subscribe to our premium content and access our premium feed, episode transcripts, and Intelligence Reports at &lt;a href= "https://hiddenforces.io/subscribe"&gt;HiddenForces.io/subscribe&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr"&gt;If you want to join in on the conversation and become a member of the Hidden Forces Genius community, which includes Q&amp;A calls with guests, access to special research and analysis, in-person events, and dinners, you can also do that on our subscriber page at &lt;a href= "https://hiddenforces.io/subscribe"&gt;HiddenForces.io/subscribe&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr"&gt;If you enjoyed listening to today’s episode of Hidden Forces, you can help support the show by doing the following:&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr"&gt;Subscribe on &lt;a href= "https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/hidden-forces/id1205359334"&gt;Apple Podcasts&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href= "https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8URhgYos5fjHqFSO4RSIEg"&gt;YouTube&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href= "https://open.spotify.com/show/0TK6u251zGSlMgJKH6cOaP"&gt;Spotify&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href= "https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/demetri-kofinas/hidden-forces"&gt;Stitcher&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href="https://soundcloud.com/hiddenforces"&gt;SoundCloud&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href="https://castbox.fm/channel/2629539"&gt;CastBox&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href= "http://hiddenforces.libsyn.com/rss"&gt;RSS Feed&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr"&gt;Write us a review on &lt;a href= "https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/hidden-forces/id1205359334"&gt;Apple Podcasts&lt;/a&gt; &amp; &lt;a href= "https://open.spotify.com/show/0TK6u251zGSlMgJKH6cOaP"&gt;Spotify&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr"&gt;Subscribe to our mailing list at &lt;a href= "https://hiddenforces.io/"&gt;https://hiddenforces.io/newsletter/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr"&gt;Producer &amp; Host: &lt;a href= "http://www.demetrikofinas.com/"&gt;Demetri Kofinas&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr"&gt;Editor &amp; Engineer: Stylianos Nicolaou&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr"&gt;Subscribe and Support the Podcast at &lt;a href= "https://hiddenforces.io/"&gt;https://hiddenforces.io&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr"&gt;Join the conversation on &lt;a href= "https://www.facebook.com/hiddenforcespod/"&gt;Facebook&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href= "https://www.instagram.com/hiddenforcespod/"&gt;Instagram&lt;/a&gt;, and &lt;a href="https://twitter.com/hiddenforcespod"&gt;Twitter&lt;/a&gt; at @hiddenforcespod&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr"&gt;Follow Demetri on Twitter at &lt;a href= "https://twitter.com/kofinas"&gt;@Kofinas&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr"&gt;Episode Recorded on 12/09/2024&lt;/p&gt;</description>

In  of Hidden Forces, Demetri Kofinas speaks with geopolitical analyst and forecaster Kamran Bokhari about the fall of Damascus and the implications of Bashar al-Assad’s ouster in Syria for the balance of power in the Middle East. Kamran last came...

The Fall of Damascus and the New Geopolitics of the Middle East | Kamran Bokhari

In <a href= "https://hiddenforces.io/podcasts/new-ai-growth-wave-of-creative-destruction-herman-mark-schwartz/"> Episode 393</a> of Hidden Forces, Demetri Kofinas speaks with Herman Mark Schwartz, a professor in the Politics department of the University of Virginia and the author of three books on economic development, globalization, and the geopolitics of the subprime mortgage crisis. Demetri and Mark discuss an article that he recently co-authored in American Affairs about AI’s potential to create a new growth wave of creative destruction that could rival or surpass those of previous innovation cycles, with enormous implications for business, society, and the role of government in the economy. They discuss what these so-called “Schumpeterian” growth waves typically look like, how they create complex interactions across all facets of the economy, and how they ultimately exhaust themselves, making room for the birth of a new innovation cycle. In the second hour, Mark and Demetri apply this framework to the growth wave that we have been living through for more or less the last 50 years and which now appears to be in the late stages of endogenous decay. They examine three scenarios for what might come next. The first is an extension of the current wave, the second is a new paradigm driven by AI as the key general-purpose technology, and the third is neither an extension of the current wave nor a transition to a new paradigm, but rather a series of crises characterized by commodity shortages, energy insecurity, political polarization, and global conflict. You can subscribe to our premium content and access our premium feed, episode transcripts, and Intelligence Reports at <a href= "https://hiddenforces.io/subscribe">HiddenForces.io/subscribe</a>. If you want to join in on the conversation and become a member of the Hidden Forces Genius community, which includes Q&A calls with guests, access to special research and analysis, in-person events, and dinners, you can also do that on our subscriber page at <a href= "https://hiddenforces.io/subscribe">HiddenForces.io/subscribe</a>. If you enjoyed listening to today’s episode of Hidden Forces, you can help support the show by doing the following: Subscribe on <a href= "https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/hidden-forces/id1205359334">Apple Podcasts</a> | <a href= "https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8URhgYos5fjHqFSO4RSIEg">YouTube</a> | <a href= "https://open.spotify.com/show/0TK6u251zGSlMgJKH6cOaP">Spotify</a> | <a href= "https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/demetri-kofinas/hidden-forces">Stitcher</a> | <a href="https://soundcloud.com/hiddenforces">SoundCloud</a> | <a href="https://castbox.fm/channel/2629539">CastBox</a> | <a href= "http://hiddenforces.libsyn.com/rss">RSS Feed</a> Write us a review on <a href= "https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/hidden-forces/id1205359334">Apple Podcasts</a> & <a href= "https://open.spotify.com/show/0TK6u251zGSlMgJKH6cOaP">Spotify</a> Subscribe to our mailing list at <a href= "https://hiddenforces.io/">https://hiddenforces.io/newsletter/</a> Producer & Host: <a href= "http://www.demetrikofinas.com/">Demetri Kofinas</a> Editor & Engineer: Stylianos Nicolaou Subscribe and Support the Podcast at <a href= "https://hiddenforces.io/">https://hiddenforces.io</a> Join the conversation on <a href= "https://www.facebook.com/hiddenforcespod/">Facebook</a>, <a href= "https://www.instagram.com/hiddenforcespod/">Instagram</a>, and <a href="https://twitter.com/hiddenforcespod">Twitter</a> at @hiddenforcespod Follow Demetri on Twitter at <a href= "https://twitter.com/kofinas">@Kofinas</a> Episode Recorded on 12/02/2024

<description>&lt;p dir="ltr"&gt;In &lt;a href= "https://hiddenforces.io/podcasts/new-ai-growth-wave-of-creative-destruction-herman-mark-schwartz/"&gt; Episode 393&lt;/a&gt; of Hidden Forces, Demetri Kofinas speaks with Herman Mark Schwartz, a professor in the Politics department of the University of Virginia and the author of three books on economic development, globalization, and the geopolitics of the subprime mortgage crisis.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr"&gt;Demetri and Mark discuss an article that he recently co-authored in American Affairs about AI’s potential to create a new growth wave of creative destruction that could rival or surpass those of previous innovation cycles, with enormous implications for business, society, and the role of government in the economy. They discuss what these so-called “Schumpeterian” growth waves typically look like, how they create complex interactions across all facets of the economy, and how they ultimately exhaust themselves, making room for the birth of a new innovation cycle.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr"&gt;In the second hour, Mark and Demetri apply this framework to the growth wave that we have been living through for more or less the last 50 years and which now appears to be in the late stages of endogenous decay. They examine three scenarios for what might come next. The first is an extension of the current wave, the second is a new paradigm driven by AI as the key general-purpose technology, and the third is neither an extension of the current wave nor a transition to a new paradigm, but rather a series of crises characterized by commodity shortages, energy insecurity, political polarization, and global conflict.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr"&gt;You can subscribe to our premium content and access our premium feed, episode transcripts, and Intelligence Reports at &lt;a href= "https://hiddenforces.io/subscribe"&gt;HiddenForces.io/subscribe&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr"&gt;If you want to join in on the conversation and become a member of the Hidden Forces Genius community, which includes Q&amp;A calls with guests, access to special research and analysis, in-person events, and dinners, you can also do that on our subscriber page at &lt;a href= "https://hiddenforces.io/subscribe"&gt;HiddenForces.io/subscribe&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr"&gt;If you enjoyed listening to today’s episode of Hidden Forces, you can help support the show by doing the following:&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr"&gt;Subscribe on &lt;a href= "https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/hidden-forces/id1205359334"&gt;Apple Podcasts&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href= "https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8URhgYos5fjHqFSO4RSIEg"&gt;YouTube&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href= "https://open.spotify.com/show/0TK6u251zGSlMgJKH6cOaP"&gt;Spotify&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href= "https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/demetri-kofinas/hidden-forces"&gt;Stitcher&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href="https://soundcloud.com/hiddenforces"&gt;SoundCloud&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href="https://castbox.fm/channel/2629539"&gt;CastBox&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href= "http://hiddenforces.libsyn.com/rss"&gt;RSS Feed&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr"&gt;Write us a review on &lt;a href= "https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/hidden-forces/id1205359334"&gt;Apple Podcasts&lt;/a&gt; &amp; &lt;a href= "https://open.spotify.com/show/0TK6u251zGSlMgJKH6cOaP"&gt;Spotify&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr"&gt;Subscribe to our mailing list at &lt;a href= "https://hiddenforces.io/"&gt;https://hiddenforces.io/newsletter/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr"&gt;Producer &amp; Host: &lt;a href= "http://www.demetrikofinas.com/"&gt;Demetri Kofinas&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr"&gt;Editor &amp; Engineer: Stylianos Nicolaou&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr"&gt;Subscribe and Support the Podcast at &lt;a href= "https://hiddenforces.io/"&gt;https://hiddenforces.io&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr"&gt;Join the conversation on &lt;a href= "https://www.facebook.com/hiddenforcespod/"&gt;Facebook&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href= "https://www.instagram.com/hiddenforcespod/"&gt;Instagram&lt;/a&gt;, and &lt;a href="https://twitter.com/hiddenforcespod"&gt;Twitter&lt;/a&gt; at @hiddenforcespod&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr"&gt;Follow Demetri on Twitter at &lt;a href= "https://twitter.com/kofinas"&gt;@Kofinas&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr"&gt;Episode Recorded on 12/02/2024&lt;/p&gt;</description>

In  of Hidden Forces, Demetri Kofinas speaks with Herman Mark Schwartz, a professor in the Politics department of the University of Virginia and the author of three books on economic development, globalization, and the geopolitics of the subprime...

Will AI Generate a New Growth Wave of Creative Destruction? | Herman Mark Schwartz

In <a href= "https://hiddenforces.io/podcasts/national-capitalism-death-of-the-international-monetary-system-russell-napier/"> Episode 392</a> of Hidden Forces, Demetri Kofinas speaks with author, investor, and financial historian <a href= "https://www.libraryofmistakes.com/">Russell Napier</a>, about how to navigate a seminal transition in the global trade and monetary order. This episode aims to provide you with the tools to understand, value, and manage the assets, exposures, and risks in your portfolios and to capitalize on opportunities that come along only once every hundred years. In the first hour, Demetri and Russell Napier discuss the origins of the non-system that came to shape international trade and finance in the decades after the breakdown of the Bretton Woods international system of fixed exchange rates. They discuss the de-pegging of the RMB from the USD, the closing of the gap between the discount rate and the growth rate in developed economies, and the implications of America’s escalating economic war against China. In the second hour, which is available to premium subscribers only, Russell Napier and Kofinas focus most of their time on the implications of this breakdown in the international trade and monetary system for investors. They discuss how developed world governments are likely to repress capital, what you want to own in such a world, what you don’t want to own, and how to tell the difference. They also discuss what a new Chinese monetary order might look like, which countries would participate, and how such a system would build off China’s efforts to digitize the Yuan and create a Chinese-built digital payments infrastructure that extends beyond China’s borders as part of the Digital Silk Road initiative. They also discuss the prospects for a strategic Bitcoin fund, the use of stablecoins as an extension of Dollar hegemony, and the fate of the Euro in a world torn between Beijing and Washington. You can subscribe to our premium content and access our premium feed, episode transcripts, and Intelligence Reports at <a href= "https://hiddenforces.io/subscribe">HiddenForces.io/subscribe</a>. If you want to join in on the conversation and become a member of the Hidden Forces Genius community, which includes Q&A calls with guests, access to special research and analysis, in-person events, and dinners, you can also do that on our subscriber page at <a href= "https://hiddenforces.io/subscribe">HiddenForces.io/subscribe</a>. If you enjoyed listening to today’s episode of Hidden Forces, you can help support the show by doing the following: Subscribe on <a href= "https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/hidden-forces/id1205359334">Apple Podcasts</a> | <a href= "https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8URhgYos5fjHqFSO4RSIEg">YouTube</a> | <a href= "https://open.spotify.com/show/0TK6u251zGSlMgJKH6cOaP">Spotify</a> | <a href= "https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/demetri-kofinas/hidden-forces">Stitcher</a> | <a href="https://soundcloud.com/hiddenforces">SoundCloud</a> | <a href="https://castbox.fm/channel/2629539">CastBox</a> | <a href= "http://hiddenforces.libsyn.com/rss">RSS Feed</a> Write us a review on <a href= "https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/hidden-forces/id1205359334">Apple Podcasts</a> & <a href= "https://open.spotify.com/show/0TK6u251zGSlMgJKH6cOaP">Spotify</a> Subscribe to our mailing list at <a href= "https://hiddenforces.io/">https://hiddenforces.io/newsletter/</a> Producer & Host: <a href= "http://www.demetrikofinas.com/">Demetri Kofinas</a> Editor & Engineer: Stylianos Nicolaou Subscribe and Support the Podcast at <a href= "https://hiddenforces.io/">https://hiddenforces.io</a> Join the conversation on <a href= "https://www.facebook.com/hiddenforcespod/">Facebook</a>, <a href= "https://www.instagram.com/hiddenforcespod/">Instagram</a>, and <a href="https://twitter.com/hiddenforcespod">Twitter</a> at @hiddenforcespod Follow Demetri on Twitter at <a href= "https://twitter.com/kofinas">@Kofinas</a> Episode Recorded on 11/27/2024

<description>&lt;p dir="ltr"&gt;In &lt;a href= "https://hiddenforces.io/podcasts/national-capitalism-death-of-the-international-monetary-system-russell-napier/"&gt; Episode 392&lt;/a&gt; of Hidden Forces, Demetri Kofinas speaks with author, investor, and financial historian &lt;a href= "https://www.libraryofmistakes.com/"&gt;Russell Napier&lt;/a&gt;, about how to navigate a seminal transition in the global trade and monetary order. This episode aims to provide you with the tools to understand, value, and manage the assets, exposures, and risks in your portfolios and to capitalize on opportunities that come along only once every hundred years.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr"&gt;In the first hour, Demetri and Russell Napier discuss the origins of the non-system that came to shape international trade and finance in the decades after the breakdown of the Bretton Woods international system of fixed exchange rates. They discuss the de-pegging of the RMB from the USD, the closing of the gap between the discount rate and the growth rate in developed economies, and the implications of America’s escalating economic war against China.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr"&gt;In the second hour, which is available to premium subscribers only, Russell Napier and Kofinas focus most of their time on the implications of this breakdown in the international trade and monetary system for investors. They discuss how developed world governments are likely to repress capital, what you want to own in such a world, what you don’t want to own, and how to tell the difference. They also discuss what a new Chinese monetary order might look like, which countries would participate, and how such a system would build off China’s efforts to digitize the Yuan and create a Chinese-built digital payments infrastructure that extends beyond China’s borders as part of the Digital Silk Road initiative. They also discuss the prospects for a strategic Bitcoin fund, the use of stablecoins as an extension of Dollar hegemony, and the fate of the Euro in a world torn between Beijing and Washington.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr"&gt;You can subscribe to our premium content and access our premium feed, episode transcripts, and Intelligence Reports at &lt;a href= "https://hiddenforces.io/subscribe"&gt;HiddenForces.io/subscribe&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr"&gt;If you want to join in on the conversation and become a member of the Hidden Forces Genius community, which includes Q&amp;A calls with guests, access to special research and analysis, in-person events, and dinners, you can also do that on our subscriber page at &lt;a href= "https://hiddenforces.io/subscribe"&gt;HiddenForces.io/subscribe&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr"&gt;If you enjoyed listening to today’s episode of Hidden Forces, you can help support the show by doing the following:&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr"&gt;Subscribe on &lt;a href= "https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/hidden-forces/id1205359334"&gt;Apple Podcasts&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href= "https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8URhgYos5fjHqFSO4RSIEg"&gt;YouTube&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href= "https://open.spotify.com/show/0TK6u251zGSlMgJKH6cOaP"&gt;Spotify&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href= "https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/demetri-kofinas/hidden-forces"&gt;Stitcher&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href="https://soundcloud.com/hiddenforces"&gt;SoundCloud&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href="https://castbox.fm/channel/2629539"&gt;CastBox&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href= "http://hiddenforces.libsyn.com/rss"&gt;RSS Feed&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr"&gt;Write us a review on &lt;a href= "https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/hidden-forces/id1205359334"&gt;Apple Podcasts&lt;/a&gt; &amp; &lt;a href= "https://open.spotify.com/show/0TK6u251zGSlMgJKH6cOaP"&gt;Spotify&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr"&gt;Subscribe to our mailing list at &lt;a href= "https://hiddenforces.io/"&gt;https://hiddenforces.io/newsletter/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr"&gt;Producer &amp; Host: &lt;a href= "http://www.demetrikofinas.com/"&gt;Demetri Kofinas&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr"&gt;Editor &amp; Engineer: Stylianos Nicolaou&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr"&gt;Subscribe and Support the Podcast at &lt;a href= "https://hiddenforces.io/"&gt;https://hiddenforces.io&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr"&gt;Join the conversation on &lt;a href= "https://www.facebook.com/hiddenforcespod/"&gt;Facebook&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href= "https://www.instagram.com/hiddenforcespod/"&gt;Instagram&lt;/a&gt;, and &lt;a href="https://twitter.com/hiddenforcespod"&gt;Twitter&lt;/a&gt; at @hiddenforcespod&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr"&gt;Follow Demetri on Twitter at &lt;a href= "https://twitter.com/kofinas"&gt;@Kofinas&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr"&gt;Episode Recorded on 11/27/2024&lt;/p&gt;</description>

In  of Hidden Forces, Demetri Kofinas speaks with author, investor, and financial historian , about how to navigate a seminal transition in the global trade and monetary order. This episode aims to provide you with the tools to understand, value, and...

National Capitalism & Death of the International Monetary System | Russell Napier

In <a href= "https://hiddenforces.io/podcasts/end-of-the-german-economic-miracle-wolfgang-munchau"> Episode 391</a> of Hidden Forces, Demetri Kofinas speaks with Wolfgang Münchau, the director and co-founder of Eurointelligence and the author of a phenomenal new book about post-WWII Germany, the rise and fall of the German economy, its industrial sector, and the end of what he dubs “The German Miracle.” Wolfgang Münchau and Demetri spend the first hour of this episode laying the foundation to help listeners understand how Germany became the economic and financial juggernaut that we have known it to be throughout the 1990s and most of the 21st century. They discuss the two pillars of the German economy, the supercharging of its industrial growth model during the period of globalization and unipolarity, and the cultural, technological, and geopolitical sources of its economic decline. In the second hour, Kofinas and Münchau zero in on the ten structural sources of weakness for the German economy, including the German capital model and banking system, a corporatism that misaligns incentives between the interests of politicians and those of the economy, the fiscal doomsday machine in the form of Germany’s debt brake, a radicalizing electorate, and a political mindset among German elite that treats geopolitical risk as an economic externality to be safely discounted or ignored entirely. You can subscribe to our premium content and access our premium feed, episode transcripts, and Intelligence Reports at <a href= "https://hiddenforces.io/subscribe">HiddenForces.io/subscribe</a>. If you want to join in on the conversation and become a member of the Hidden Forces Genius community, which includes Q&A calls with guests, access to special research and analysis, in-person events, and dinners, you can also do that on our subscriber page at <a href= "https://hiddenforces.io/subscribe">HiddenForces.io/subscribe</a>. If you enjoyed listening to today’s episode of Hidden Forces, you can help support the show by doing the following: Subscribe on <a href= "https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/hidden-forces/id1205359334">Apple Podcasts</a> | <a href= "https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8URhgYos5fjHqFSO4RSIEg">YouTube</a> | <a href= "https://open.spotify.com/show/0TK6u251zGSlMgJKH6cOaP">Spotify</a> | <a href= "https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/demetri-kofinas/hidden-forces">Stitcher</a> | <a href="https://soundcloud.com/hiddenforces">SoundCloud</a> | <a href="https://castbox.fm/channel/2629539">CastBox</a> | <a href= "http://hiddenforces.libsyn.com/rss">RSS Feed</a> Write us a review on <a href= "https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/hidden-forces/id1205359334">Apple Podcasts</a> & <a href= "https://open.spotify.com/show/0TK6u251zGSlMgJKH6cOaP">Spotify</a> Subscribe to our mailing list at <a href= "https://hiddenforces.io/">https://hiddenforces.io/newsletter/</a> Producer & Host: <a href= "http://www.demetrikofinas.com/">Demetri Kofinas</a> Editor & Engineer: Stylianos Nicolaou Subscribe and Support the Podcast at <a href= "https://hiddenforces.io/">https://hiddenforces.io</a> Join the conversation on <a href= "https://www.facebook.com/hiddenforcespod/">Facebook</a>, <a href= "https://www.instagram.com/hiddenforcespod/">Instagram</a>, and <a href="https://twitter.com/hiddenforcespod">Twitter</a> at @hiddenforcespod Follow Demetri on Twitter at <a href= "https://twitter.com/kofinas">@Kofinas</a> Episode Recorded on 11/19/2024

<description>&lt;p dir="ltr"&gt;In &lt;a href= "https://hiddenforces.io/podcasts/end-of-the-german-economic-miracle-wolfgang-munchau"&gt; Episode 391&lt;/a&gt; of Hidden Forces, Demetri Kofinas speaks with Wolfgang Münchau, the director and co-founder of Eurointelligence and the author of a phenomenal new book about post-WWII Germany, the rise and fall of the German economy, its industrial sector, and the end of what he dubs “The German Miracle.”&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Wolfgang Münchau and Demetri spend the first hour of this episode laying the foundation to help listeners understand how Germany became the economic and financial juggernaut that we have known it to be throughout the 1990s and most of the 21st century. They discuss the two pillars of the German economy, the supercharging of its industrial growth model during the period of globalization and unipolarity, and the cultural, technological, and geopolitical sources of its economic decline.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;In the second hour, Kofinas and Münchau zero in on the ten structural sources of weakness for the German economy, including the German capital model and banking system, a corporatism that misaligns incentives between the interests of politicians and those of the economy, the fiscal doomsday machine in the form of Germany’s debt brake, a radicalizing electorate, and a political mindset among German elite that treats geopolitical risk as an economic externality to be safely discounted or ignored entirely.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr"&gt;You can subscribe to our premium content and access our premium feed, episode transcripts, and Intelligence Reports at &lt;a href= "https://hiddenforces.io/subscribe"&gt;HiddenForces.io/subscribe&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr"&gt;If you want to join in on the conversation and become a member of the Hidden Forces Genius community, which includes Q&amp;A calls with guests, access to special research and analysis, in-person events, and dinners, you can also do that on our subscriber page at &lt;a href= "https://hiddenforces.io/subscribe"&gt;HiddenForces.io/subscribe&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr"&gt;If you enjoyed listening to today’s episode of Hidden Forces, you can help support the show by doing the following:&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr"&gt;Subscribe on &lt;a href= "https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/hidden-forces/id1205359334"&gt;Apple Podcasts&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href= "https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8URhgYos5fjHqFSO4RSIEg"&gt;YouTube&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href= "https://open.spotify.com/show/0TK6u251zGSlMgJKH6cOaP"&gt;Spotify&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href= "https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/demetri-kofinas/hidden-forces"&gt;Stitcher&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href="https://soundcloud.com/hiddenforces"&gt;SoundCloud&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href="https://castbox.fm/channel/2629539"&gt;CastBox&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href= "http://hiddenforces.libsyn.com/rss"&gt;RSS Feed&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr"&gt;Write us a review on &lt;a href= "https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/hidden-forces/id1205359334"&gt;Apple Podcasts&lt;/a&gt; &amp; &lt;a href= "https://open.spotify.com/show/0TK6u251zGSlMgJKH6cOaP"&gt;Spotify&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr"&gt;Subscribe to our mailing list at &lt;a href= "https://hiddenforces.io/"&gt;https://hiddenforces.io/newsletter/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr"&gt;Producer &amp; Host: &lt;a href= "http://www.demetrikofinas.com/"&gt;Demetri Kofinas&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr"&gt;Editor &amp; Engineer: Stylianos Nicolaou&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr"&gt;Subscribe and Support the Podcast at &lt;a href= "https://hiddenforces.io/"&gt;https://hiddenforces.io&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr"&gt;Join the conversation on &lt;a href= "https://www.facebook.com/hiddenforcespod/"&gt;Facebook&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href= "https://www.instagram.com/hiddenforcespod/"&gt;Instagram&lt;/a&gt;, and &lt;a href="https://twitter.com/hiddenforcespod"&gt;Twitter&lt;/a&gt; at @hiddenforcespod&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr"&gt;Follow Demetri on Twitter at &lt;a href= "https://twitter.com/kofinas"&gt;@Kofinas&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr"&gt;Episode Recorded on 11/19/2024&lt;/p&gt;</description>

In  of Hidden Forces, Demetri Kofinas speaks with Wolfgang Münchau, the director and co-founder of Eurointelligence and the author of a phenomenal new book about post-WWII Germany, the rise and fall of the German economy, its industrial sector, and...

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In <a href= "https://hiddenforces.io/podcasts/de-banking-censorship-and-the-right-to-die-rupa-subramanya"> Episode 390</a> of Hidden Forces, Demetri Kofinas speaks with Rupa Subramanya, a journalist at the Free Press, about the de-banking of political dissidents, censorship, and the “right to die.” Rupa first came on Demetri’s radar for the work she has done writing about what is known as “de-banking:” the closure of people's or organizations' bank accounts by financial institutions that perceive the account holders to pose a financial, legal, regulatory, or reputational risk to the organization. They speak extensively about her work in this area, along with her writings about political censorship of conservative voices and the right-to-die movement in the Netherlands and Canada, between the first and second hours. You can subscribe to our premium content and access our premium feed, episode transcripts, and Intelligence Reports at <a href= "https://hiddenforces.io/subscribe">HiddenForces.io/subscribe</a>. If you want to join in on the conversation and become a member of the Hidden Forces Genius community, which includes Q&A calls with guests, access to special research and analysis, in-person events, and dinners, you can also do that on our subscriber page at <a href= "https://hiddenforces.io/subscribe">HiddenForces.io/subscribe</a>. If you enjoyed listening to today’s episode of Hidden Forces, you can help support the show by doing the following: Subscribe on <a href= "https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/hidden-forces/id1205359334">Apple Podcasts</a> | <a href= "https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8URhgYos5fjHqFSO4RSIEg">YouTube</a> | <a href= "https://open.spotify.com/show/0TK6u251zGSlMgJKH6cOaP">Spotify</a> | <a href= "https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/demetri-kofinas/hidden-forces">Stitcher</a> | <a href="https://soundcloud.com/hiddenforces">SoundCloud</a> | <a href="https://castbox.fm/channel/2629539">CastBox</a> | <a href= "http://hiddenforces.libsyn.com/rss">RSS Feed</a> Write us a review on <a href= "https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/hidden-forces/id1205359334">Apple Podcasts</a> & <a href= "https://open.spotify.com/show/0TK6u251zGSlMgJKH6cOaP">Spotify</a> Subscribe to our mailing list at <a href= "https://hiddenforces.io/">https://hiddenforces.io/newsletter/</a> Producer & Host: <a href= "http://www.demetrikofinas.com/">Demetri Kofinas</a> Editor & Engineer: Stylianos Nicolaou Subscribe and Support the Podcast at <a href= "https://hiddenforces.io/">https://hiddenforces.io</a> Join the conversation on <a href= "https://www.facebook.com/hiddenforcespod/">Facebook</a>, <a href= "https://www.instagram.com/hiddenforcespod/">Instagram</a>, and <a href="https://twitter.com/hiddenforcespod">Twitter</a> at @hiddenforcespod Follow Demetri on Twitter at <a href= "https://twitter.com/kofinas">@Kofinas</a> Episode Recorded on 10/30/2024

<description>&lt;p dir="ltr"&gt;In &lt;a href= "https://hiddenforces.io/podcasts/de-banking-censorship-and-the-right-to-die-rupa-subramanya"&gt; Episode 390&lt;/a&gt; of Hidden Forces, Demetri Kofinas speaks with Rupa Subramanya, a journalist at the Free Press, about the de-banking of political dissidents, censorship, and the “right to die.”&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr"&gt;Rupa first came on Demetri’s radar for the work she has done writing about what is known as “de-banking:” the closure of people's or organizations' bank accounts by financial institutions that perceive the account holders to pose a financial, legal, regulatory, or reputational risk to the organization.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr"&gt;They speak extensively about her work in this area, along with her writings about political censorship of conservative voices and the right-to-die movement in the Netherlands and Canada, between the first and second hours.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr"&gt;You can subscribe to our premium content and access our premium feed, episode transcripts, and Intelligence Reports at &lt;a href= "https://hiddenforces.io/subscribe"&gt;HiddenForces.io/subscribe&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr"&gt;If you want to join in on the conversation and become a member of the Hidden Forces Genius community, which includes Q&amp;A calls with guests, access to special research and analysis, in-person events, and dinners, you can also do that on our subscriber page at &lt;a href= "https://hiddenforces.io/subscribe"&gt;HiddenForces.io/subscribe&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr"&gt;If you enjoyed listening to today’s episode of Hidden Forces, you can help support the show by doing the following:&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr"&gt;Subscribe on &lt;a href= "https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/hidden-forces/id1205359334"&gt;Apple Podcasts&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href= "https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8URhgYos5fjHqFSO4RSIEg"&gt;YouTube&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href= "https://open.spotify.com/show/0TK6u251zGSlMgJKH6cOaP"&gt;Spotify&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href= "https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/demetri-kofinas/hidden-forces"&gt;Stitcher&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href="https://soundcloud.com/hiddenforces"&gt;SoundCloud&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href="https://castbox.fm/channel/2629539"&gt;CastBox&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href= "http://hiddenforces.libsyn.com/rss"&gt;RSS Feed&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr"&gt;Write us a review on &lt;a href= "https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/hidden-forces/id1205359334"&gt;Apple Podcasts&lt;/a&gt; &amp; &lt;a href= "https://open.spotify.com/show/0TK6u251zGSlMgJKH6cOaP"&gt;Spotify&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr"&gt;Subscribe to our mailing list at &lt;a href= "https://hiddenforces.io/"&gt;https://hiddenforces.io/newsletter/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr"&gt;Producer &amp; Host: &lt;a href= "http://www.demetrikofinas.com/"&gt;Demetri Kofinas&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr"&gt;Editor &amp; Engineer: Stylianos Nicolaou&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr"&gt;Subscribe and Support the Podcast at &lt;a href= "https://hiddenforces.io/"&gt;https://hiddenforces.io&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr"&gt;Join the conversation on &lt;a href= "https://www.facebook.com/hiddenforcespod/"&gt;Facebook&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href= "https://www.instagram.com/hiddenforcespod/"&gt;Instagram&lt;/a&gt;, and &lt;a href="https://twitter.com/hiddenforcespod"&gt;Twitter&lt;/a&gt; at @hiddenforcespod&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr"&gt;Follow Demetri on Twitter at &lt;a href= "https://twitter.com/kofinas"&gt;@Kofinas&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr"&gt;Episode Recorded on 10/30/2024&lt;/p&gt;</description>

In  of Hidden Forces, Demetri Kofinas speaks with Rupa Subramanya, a journalist at the Free Press, about the de-banking of political dissidents, censorship, and the “right to die.” Rupa first came on Demetri’s radar for the work she has done...

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