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I may have ditched the “howdys” and “y’alls” for the high mountains of Colorado, but Austin remains part of one of the fastest-growing economic and urban zones in [...]

The changing situation with the Ukraine Grain Deal has given me plenty to ponder while tromping through Fjordland in New Zealand. Due to the war, Ukrainian agricultural exports were reduced to a [...]

I recently had the opportunity to sit down with Jordan Harbinger on “The Jordan Harbinger Show” (for the loyal followers, you’ll know this is my second appearance). We discussed how the [...]

Despite some food scares coming out of the former Soviet space, Mother Nature helped 2022 crop production look pretty solid in most of the great agriculture basins of the world. However, this [...]

If you’ve read my latest book, The End of the World Is Just the Beginning, you know what question keeps me up at night: how long will we be able to feed the world’s population? With [...]

A world caught in deep demographic decline, faced with the loss of consumption and the complications that come with all that…can automation help pull us out of this nose dive? Here’s [...]

There are a few reasons the cartels love their cocaine, mainly because it’s easy to smuggle and cheap to make. But what happens when you sell it? You’re left with a boatload of [...]

No, we’re not headed for another financial crisis…although, to those with more than 250k in one of the three failing banks, it may seem like we are. Silicon Valley Bank is the largest [...]

Last week I had the opportunity to sit down (virtually) with Jack Carr on his show Danger Close. We chatted about the troubling outlook for China, the ins and outs of the war in Ukraine, and much [...]

To my fellow nerds reading along…this is your trigger warning…today we’re talking about BAD DATA. Sorry for the dramatics, but I’m sure many of you share my frustration [...]