Is China's Global Dominance in Rare Earth Production Changing?

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This event is still kind of playing into the public discussions, the government discussions. And i feel like it's also kind of played into this growing rivalry between the united states, or the west, and china. But that's also used by these private companies which want to start looking at mining the moon,. The minerals down from space for us to use in alf our technologies. It was a shock. I even went to check. After i've read that passage in your book. I was like, so has this really changed? Like, has the price for rare earth minerals, like, sky rocketed since this book come out? And no, it hasn't yet.

Paris Marx is joined by Julie Michelle Klinger to discuss the myths around rare earth elements and how they’re fueling a movement to enclose and mine space. But a better, more collaborative future that treats space as a commons is still possible, and the Global South may show us the way forward.

Julie Michelle Klinger is the author of “Rare Earth Frontiers: From Terrestrial Subsoils to Lunar Landscapes” and an Assistant Professor of Geography & Spatial Sciences at the University of Delaware. Her argument about why space is not the final frontier was recently published on urbanNext. Follow Julie on Twitter as @Prof_Klinger.

Tech Won't Save Us offers a critical perspective on tech, its worldview, and wider society with the goal of inspiring people to demand better tech and a better world. Follow the podcast (@techwontsaveus) and host Paris Marx (@parismarx) on Twitter.

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