Abstract: The endless global crisis which is continuing to have enormous effects in many economies, in particular  in the EU, open a wide debate regarding  the necessity to rethink our economic model based on the paradigm “take-make-dispose”, in order to garantee a stable,efficient ans sustanable growth. The new model individuated is that of “circular economy” based on the paradigm of reuse the existing resources by closing  the production loop.

Such model will garantee saving  of resources, economic growth, reduction of negative externalities and inderectily geoeconomic and geopolitic stability.

Keywords: Circular economy – linear economy – resources – EU – Russia – new industrial revolution – economic growth – value creation – GDP – closing the loop – efficiency – price volatility – externalities – finance.