Introduction

Many people don’t know this, but everything that affects the costs of money, energy, labor, or transport also affects the other three factors. It can be difficult to understand how it works and how it directly affects you. Dan Sullivan and Peter Diamandis explain the importance of quality transportation routes, explain why the United States is in the best position, and discuss the trend toward local manufacturing.

In this episode:

• Nanotechnology and advanced 3D printing soon will allow us to manufacture whatever we want based upon atomic components.
• The cognitive talent around the world is linking digitally with the places where they can get the most highly paid.
• Water transportation is one twelfth the cost of any other transportation.
• The costs of money, energy, labor, and transport contribute to government taxes and regulation.