Dave Hopkins

Nation-states are critical pawns in the power games and economic predation of our modern world. Without them, people and resources would be much more difficult to control and exploit…. In a genuinely convivial and localized world, nation-states and their megacities will, one can only hope, wither on the vine.

How will peak oil play out in real estate? … Shortly before Hurricanes Katrina and Rita hit our Gulf and southeast coasts last August, we reached, I feel, a peak in real estate values that we will probably not see again in our lifetimes.