Seeking Truth From Facts: Israel and Iran, Missile Defense, China Economic Development - Manifold #71

This is a crossover episode with the Seeking Truth From Facts podcast.

• (00:00) - Iranian missile attack vs Israel and missile defense

• (13:11) - Is there potential for a 1973-style oil crisis?

• (21:42) - Is NATO getting tired of the proxy war in Ukraine?

• (25:44) - Why has Europe declined relatively since 2008 and what are the consequences of said decline?

• (30:14) - Is procyclical European fiscal policy to blame?

• (34:52) - Has China's infrastructure boom been a white elephant?

• (41:37) - China's energy grid and solar energy transision

• (46:58) - Will India catch up to or overtake China?

• (57:07) - Is liberal democracy really necessary for long-term economic prosperity?

• (01:00:15) - How did Lee Kuan Yew transform Singapore?

Links:

Iran ballistic missiles and missile defense

https://stevehsu.substack.com/p/iran-vs-israel-implications-for-missile

Pershing 2 Missile

https://x.com/hsu_steve/status/1843450614552113316

Russia-Ukraine war and Iran blowback

https://x.com/hsu_steve/status/1844551899103863154

India development

https://x.com/hsu_steve/status/1814994391502667953

https://x.com/hsu_steve/status/1815047688829706279

Audio-only version and transcript:

https://www.manifold1.com/episodes/seeking-truth-from-facts-israel-and-iran-missile-defense-china-economic-development