About this episode

George Friedman discusses America's recurring 80-year institutional cycle and its historical parallels.

Americans are deeply divided, passions are running high, and many fear the Republic is failing. But is any of this actually new? In our recent ClubGPF live discussion, GPF Chairman George Friedman revisited his book The Storm Before the Calm to explain where we are in America's recurring 80-year institutional cycle. Drawing parallels to the Revolution, the Civil War, and the Great Depression, George shows that the current crisis is the least threatening of the four great institutional upheavals in American history. To learn more about ClubGPF, including more free audio and video clips, go to https://geopoliticalfutures.com/join-clubgpf-bundle/ .

People in this episode

Host: George Friedman

Topics covered

• American history
• institutional cycles
• political division
• historical parallels
• current crisis

Keywords

• geopolitics
• institutional upheaval
• American history
• political crisis
• historical cycles

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: The Storm Before the Calm

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