Sunday , December 22 2024
Home / Mike Norman Economics / Vijay Prashad – After Evo, the Lithium Question Looms Large in Bolivia

Vijay Prashad – After Evo, the Lithium Question Looms Large in Bolivia

Summary:
A Chinese firm was brought in to mine the lithium. After that the coup took place.Tesla (United States) and Pure Energy Minerals (Canada) both showed great interest in having a direct stake in Bolivian lithium. But they could not make a deal that would take into consideration the parameters set by the Morales government. Morales himself was a direct impediment to the takeover of the lithium fields by the non-Chinese transnational firms. He had to go.Vijay Prashad - After Evo, the Lithium Question Looms Large in Bolivia

Topics:
Mike Norman considers the following as important:

This could be interesting, too:

Mike Norman writes Trade deficit

Mike Norman writes Bond market now pricing in one 25 bps rate cut by Fed in 2025

New Economics Foundation writes What are we getting wrong about tax

Sandwichman writes The more this contradiction develops…

A Chinese firm was brought in to mine the lithium. After that the coup took place.

Tesla (United States) and Pure Energy Minerals (Canada) both showed great interest in having a direct stake in Bolivian lithium. But they could not make a deal that would take into consideration the parameters set by the Morales government. Morales himself was a direct impediment to the takeover of the lithium fields by the non-Chinese transnational firms. He had to go.

Vijay Prashad - After Evo, the Lithium Question Looms Large in Bolivia

Mike Norman
Mike Norman is an economist and veteran trader whose career has spanned over 30 years on Wall Street. He is a former member and trader on the CME, NYMEX, COMEX and NYFE and he managed money for one of the largest hedge funds and ran a prop trading desk for Credit Suisse.

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *