2 chapters across the catalog
German politician Friedrich Merz proposed a balance between fighting climate change and preventing de-industrialization. He advocated for the European Union's Emissions Trading System (ETS) as a market-based instrument. Critics argue this is a "sneaky" way to implement a new tax on member states under the guise of reducing regulation.
Steve Bannon on Chinese De-Industrialization, Global Elites
In an interview with Kyle Bass, Steve Bannon argued that China, in coordination with Western elites, successfully de-industrialized Western democracies. Bannon claimed that China's strategy involved exporting overcapacity and deflation to the West while moving hundreds of millions of its citizens into the middle class. He credited Donald Trump with challenging this established global order and the bankers who financed China's rise.
