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284 - Steve Keen: The Economics of Global Warfare

284 - Steve Keen: The Economics of Global Warfare

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Steve Keen is an economist and was most recently Head of the
School of Economics, History and Politics at Kingston University
in London. He has done research on a wide variety of topics,
including Marxist economics, debt, complexity theory, and systems
dynamics. In this episode, Steve and Robinson discuss his
economic framework in relation to wars around the globe. More
particularly, the discuss the importance of oil in the Iran War,
the cold war with China, the war in Ukraine, and more.

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00:00 The Crucial Importance of Oil in the Iran War

08:54 Systems Dynamics and Economics

14:22 How Much Inflation Will the Iran War Cause?

18:17 Will the Iran War Cause Famine?

28:56 Conspiracy and the Iran War

30:48 Tariffs and Trade Deficits

46:03 Will Trump’s Tariffs Bring Manufacturing Back to the United
States

52:49 Steve’s Motivation

59:25 The Crucial Flaw in Marxism

01:12:43 Understanding the War in Ukraine’s Impact on Europe

01:16:38 On Putin’s Motivations in Ukraine

01:26:32 Understanding Trump through Narcissistic Personality
Disorder

01:32:52 Trump and the Takeover of Venezuela

01:38:11 Economists Misunderstand Everything About China

01:53:01 Why Will China Survive Global Warming?

01:57:18 AI and the Future Economics of the World

Robinson Erhardt researches symbolic logic and the foundations of
mathematics at Stanford University, where he is also a JD
candidate in the Law School.