Summary
Phil Anderson examines the relationship between the Kondratiev (K-Wave) long economic cycle and periods of war, framing the Russia-Ukraine conflict within a historical pattern of geopolitical conflict coinciding with specific phases of long economic cycles.
Key Claims
- Wars tend to coincide with identifiable phases of the Kondratiev Wave (K-Wave)
- The Russia-Ukraine conflict fits a historical pattern of cycle-related geopolitical conflict
- History repeating: prior K-Wave phases have seen similar escalations of military conflict
- Understanding the K-Wave provides context for interpreting current geopolitical events