Ex-CIA strategist and economic advisor Jim Rickards is calling for “the return of American industry” — a silent revolution happening not in Washington, Wall Street, or Silicon Valley, but in the ground beneath America’s heartland.
“We used to build everything here. Then we shipped it all away. But that era is ending.”
According to Rickards, America is entering a new era—one not defined by software or finance, but by real production, physical goods, and critical materials. He points to a coming wave of reshoring, driven by both national security concerns and growing distrust of foreign supply chains.
Rickards says recent global disruptions, from pandemic lockdowns to geopolitical tensions, exposed just how fragile the supply chains supporting America’s economy really are. In response, there’s now a growing push to build strategic manufacturing hubs closer to home—powered by local minerals, local energy, and American labor.
“To increase oil production… to rebuild our military… even to power AI—everything comes back to domestic production and resources.”
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