Rare Earth Minerals - The Price Spike Around 20 Ten

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A rumor that china had imposed an embargo on rare earth exports to japan caused a price spike. An embargo is an official act undertaken by a national government to halt trade against an aggressor state during a time of war. What happened in china is a handful of shipments that were bound for japan, that happened,. the rare earth elements were held up by a handful of disgruntled folks in one particular port in eastern china.

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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