The Grander Chessboard: Geopolitics, Rent, and Global Conflict
I gave a keynote last week and called it “The Grander Chessboard.” The title is a nod to Brzezinski and his ‘Grand Chessboard’, but with the added dimension of political economy grafted onto interpretations of geopolitics. My thesis? Wars are not fought over democracy, or values, or civilisational destiny. They are fought over rent. Once you conceptualise this, the grand chessboard of geopolitics becomes understandable on a larger scale. Watch it on Rumble here: https://rumble.com/v7edtzg-the-grander-chessboard-geopolitics-rent-and-global-conflict-with-peter-smit.html I want to thank Alanna Hartzok, President of the International Union for Land Value Taxation and Free Trade, for encouraging me to do this and present my thesis and for the historical grounding she brought to the discussion. More on the IU here: https://theiu.org/ What rent actually is Economic rent is income that comes from owning something, not from making somethin...
