President Biden has a flurry of issues to face, both immediate like Coronavirus, and some more looming. Dr. Keith Suter discusses the geopolitical threats that President Biden must now face, including the growth of far right extremism abroad, weak and collapsing states and international cyber warfare. 

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Would it surprise you to learn that the Pentagon is the number one user of green house gases? Energy is the lifeblood of war fighting capabilities, and Dr. Keith Suter explains how the US spends more on military than any other country and 4 ways they would benefit from reducing their fossil fuel waste.

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President Joe Biden's transition has been anything but smooth and the road is still rocky ahead. Dr. Keith Suter talks about the more long term structural issues like the death of the American dream, the foreign and domestic political challenges and where they stemmed from.

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As technology improves and certain jobs start to become obsolete, does that mean there will be no work in the future? Dr. Keith Suter explains the new jobs that will emerge in the 2020's, why women will experience these hardships more and how we will become a world connected to the internet.

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Debt has been around for over 5000 years, it's not just about money and we have now come to live with it. Dr. Keith Suter looks at debt from a point of anthropology - explaining the history behind it, the origins of FIAT and why you were never allowed to bury a banker in a Christian burial site. 

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It goes without saying that 2020 was a difficult year for most, but just because the year is almost over, it doesn't mean things are going to get easier. Dr. Keith Suter breaks down why democracy might be the moving force behind history as we head toward a political crisis not seen for over a 100 years.

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The elite class used to be based on inheritance of land, properties and factories but that isn't the case anymore. Dr. Keith Suter discusses the 'new elite'; which found their status grew from success and achievements and talks about something called a Meritocracy - a new way of political thinking that started as satire. 

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In 2016 President Trump campaigned that he would pull out of all wars and bring US troops home - Love him or hate him he did just that. But is there now a greater threat of a nuclear war between USA, Russia and China? Dr. Keith Suter explains the modernising of nuclear weapons and how we find ourselves in the front row for WW3.

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As 2020 comes to an end, Dr. Keith Suter reflects on the plagues, protests and poverty that contributed to this being one of our toughest modern years, including COVID's effect on the economy, conspiracies creating protests and the different generations of wealth that create the poverty line.

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After 4 years of climate change denial under President Trump, President elect Joe Biden will have to work hard to implement new changes working towards a greener future. Dr Keith Suter explains the challenges Biden will face as he tries to put environmental and wellbeing issues back on the agenda and whether government be involved in creating policies that look after our health & wellbeing

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