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We discussed earlier why the convergence of the First Economic World and the Second Economic World will have inevitable effects on the upward spiral of prices on fixed resources of all sorts, like gold and oil, and a reappraisal of the value of sustainable agricultural products that require arable land and water.
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Read, C. (2009). Gold, Oil, and Dollars, and the Decline of an Economic Superpower. In: Global Financial Meltdown. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230595187_10
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