Richard E. Caroll

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I am a retired economist, and a retired soldier. I have a degree in Economics and a degree in Liberal Arts. While in the military my specialty was in Intelligence and Administration.

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Implementing Policies to Reduce Gasoline Powered Cars to Hybrids and EVs

This article discusses the orderly transitions from gas vehicles to hybrid vehicles, and ultimately into EVs. Pros of Relying on Hybrids First Resource Efficiency: The raw...

The European Union Should Help Fund An Oil Pipeline from the Gulf to The Mediterranean

While the United States enjoys sufficient energy resources, thanks to shale oil, the European Union does not. To assure itself of the energy supplies...

A Hybrid Approach for a Federal Sovereign Wealth Fund

While this author has long called for a United States Wealth Fund to be started by excise taxes on mineral wealth extracted from federal...

The Geopolitics of Lunar Helium-3 pMining and the U.S. Sovereign Wealth Fund Stagnation

The greatest geopolitical and economic challenge facing the United States today is the proliferation of international Sovereign Wealth Funds (SWFs.) While the United States...

A Mercantilist Economic Policy Causes War

The election of Donald J. Trump to the Presidency of the United States has brought a dramatic change in the economic policy of the...

A Geopolitical Sweet Spot for Türkiye

Recent events in the Middle East have put Türkiye in a geopolitical sweet spot. There have been several changes on the world political scene...

How Türkiye Will Benefit from the Trump Doctrine

On February 28, 2025, in a broadcast watched around the world, President Donald J. Trump unintentionally launched the policy of the Trump Doctrine. In...

The Interests of the European Union and the United States Are Diverging

Since the end of World War 2, the economic and political interests of Europe, later the European Union, and the United States were perfectly...

The Global Balance of Power is Rapidly Shifting

From the founding of NATO in 1949, the world balance of power has been centered on the West working to deter aggression of Russia...

The Interests of the European Union and the United States Are Diverging

Since the end of World War 2, the economic and political interests of Europe, later the European Union, and the United States were perfectly...

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Could the Energy Transition Become Its Own Source of Critical Minerals?

The global energy transition is creating a problem that...

Why Is South Korea Threatening Ukraine Over the Transfer of North Korean Soldiers?

A diplomatic dispute between South Korea and Ukraine over...

The Next AI Crisis May Begin With the Wrong Suspect

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Why Are World Leaders Staying Away From the Pacific’s Biggest Climate Moment?

The Pacific Islands are preparing to take centre stage...
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