The Uprising of the Pandemials
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The Pandemials are the young people who will be between the ages of 10 and 26 after the pandemic is over. They will be faced with societies devastated by inequality, the end of meritocracy, loneliness, digital automation, the depletion of natural resources and a myriad of environmental crises that will deeply affect life on our planet. In addition to lacking the economic prosperity enjoyed by their parents –which for example granted them access to university educations or to more comfortable lives– this generation will also face fewer job opportunities, discouraging prospects and a growing need to radicalize their complaints. Covid-19 has not only aggravated this scenario, which was already a serious challenge even before the Crisis of 2020. The asymmetries exposed by the pandemic accelerated predicted timelines, and cycles such as Inequality, Mother Nature, Technology and the Human Spirit will collapse during the Decade of Turbulence (2020-2030). As a result, Pandemials will expect much more from governments, and when their neglect is not addressed, they will rebel. They will go straight after the technocratic elites and the foundations of the capitalist system. The lack of solutions to these problems from liberal governments will push them to rekindle old models and left-wing utopias. Liberalism –the ideology of freedom, human dignity, and science, which enabled the greatest reduction in poverty in human history– is now dominated by exclusive, self-serving technocratic elites. The complex system they created can only be enjoyed by a select few, while common citizens become ever more alienated from their governments. The end of a society based around the middle class and meritocracy is happening amidst a crisis of human spirit, and worsened by the toxic relationship between technological development and the crumbling of certain social institutions. New rituals and forms of relating to each other have not yet taken their place. In his book The Uprising of the Pandemials, financial specialist and economic analyst Federico Dominguez employs his clear prose and clever analysis of the available information to convey the elements needed for understanding this new generation, the challenging decade that lies ahead and the personal, collective, economic and business changes that will be crucial in overcoming the turbulent times on the horizon.
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Federico Dominguez. The Uprising of the Pandemials
The Uprising of the Pandemials. Human Cycles and the Decade of Turbulence
INTRODUCTION
PART 1
THE HUMAN CYCLES
THE CYCLE OF INEQUALITY
THE MIDDLE-CLASS PARADISE
EMERGING GAPS
IMPOSSIBLE ACCESS
THE ISSUE OF COSTS
INSTABILITIES
PAY ME TO WORK
HOME SWEET HOME
THE COST OF HEALTH AND HABITS
THE UNIVERSITY MERITOCRACY
CHARTER SCHOOLS
THE INVERTED CURVE – TAXES
INEFFICIENT PUBLIC SPENDING
THE NEXT CYCLE OF INEQUALITY
THE CYCLE OF MOTHER NATURE
THE PANDEMIC AND MOTHER NATURE
CLIMATE CHANGE
CARBON TAX
THE RENEWABLE BREAKTHROUGH
THE DOWNFALL OF BLACK GOLD
CONCLUSION
THE TECHNOLOGICAL CYCLE
FROM NEANDERTHALS TO SPACE EXPLORERS
SELF-DRIVING CARS
HYPERLOOP
VERTICAL FARMING
THE QUANTIC REVOLUTION (THE FOURTH INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION)
QUANTUM COMPUTERS
NUCLEAR FUSION
THE NEXT FRONTIER: THE SPACE ERA
CONCLUSION
THE CYCLE OF THE HUMAN SPIRIT
THE EPIDEMIC OF LONELINESS
SCREEN TIME
DIGITAL DEPRESSION
THE WEAKENING OF COMMUNITIES
THE AGE OF AQUARIUS
THE NEXT CYCLE OF THE HUMAN SPIRIT
PART 2
THE GENERATION OF REBELLION
THE MARCH ON ROME
HIPPIES, YIPPIES, YUPPIES AND PUNKS
MILLENNIALS (THE HEIRS)
THE PANDEMIAL GENERATION
GENERATIONS
THE UPRISING
THE UPRISING
THE GREAT TURNING
EUROPEAN PANDEMIALS
THE INTERGENERATIONAL TRANSFER
MERITOCRACY, NOT STATISM
THE AXIS OF POWER
DEBT AND LIBERTY
CONCLUSION
PANDENOMICS
PANDENOMICS
WARTIME ECONOMICS
QUANTITATIVE EASING (QE)
FREEDOM QE
DECARBONIZATION DEAL
SCIENTIFIC REVOLUTION DEAL
INFRASTRUCTURE DEAL
CONCLUSION
PART 3
LIBERALISM IN CRISIS
FROM MANHATTAN TO BERLIN
LIBERALISM AFTER THE COLLAPSE OF THE WALL
LIBERAL PRAGMATISM
THE COMMUNICATION VOID
TECHNOCRACY: THE BIRTH OF A SOCIAL CLASS
COMPLEXITY, COSTS AND REGULATIONS
LOBBYING
THE PANDEMIC AND AUTHORITARIANISM
TOWARD A NEW LIBERALISM
CONCLUSIONS
CONCLUSION
EPILOGUE
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
REFERENCIAS. INTRODUCTION
THE CYCLE OF INEQUALITY
THE CYCLE OF MOTHER NATURE
THE TECHNOLOGICAL CYCLE
THE CYCLE OF THE HUMAN SPIRIT
THE GENERATION OF REBELION
THE UPRISING
PANDENOMICS
LIBERALISM IN CRISIS
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Federico Dominguez
Editores Argentinos
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Usually, the issue of real estate supply is not included in government agendas. The technocracy tends to face the problem from a demand standpoint, leading the US government to subsidize interest rates for buyers (by securing them) or increasing the supply of social housing, which is insufficient considering the scope of the problem. The solution lies within the private sector; by letting it do its job and build new homes. And to do so, it needs space, either to grow vertically through the removal of caps on construction, re-zoning or allowing higher buildings; or through horizontal expansion by freeing up new areas for construction.
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