How the Iran conflict and other developments could lead to another major financial crisis. What is different today from 2008? Why trying to seed a revolution is so risky. And finally, what can we do to prepare ourselves for the next financial crisis?

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Show Notes

Read Trump's full statement on Iran attacks—PBS News

I Predicted the 2008 Financial Crisis. What Is Coming May Be Worse. By Richard Bookstaber—The New York Times

The End of Theory: Financial Crises, the Failure of Economics, and the Sweep of Human Interaction By Richard Bookstaber

The Poverty of Historicism By Karl Popper

Iran Is Trying to Defeat America in the Living Room By Karim Sadjadpour—The Atlantic

Iran war is the greatest threat to global energy ‘in history’, warns IEA By Malcom Moore—Financial Times

‘Once and for All’ Means Never By Thomas L. Friedman—The New York Times

AI Isn’t Coming for Everyone’s Job By Adam Ozimek—The Atlantic

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