The Econoclasts is a new podcast from UnHerd hosted by economist Yanis Varoufakis and journalist Wolfgang Munchau. While they don’t always agree politically, they are united in one conviction: the consensus is rotten. Mainstream economics has consistently failed to predict the events that shape our world, yet this broken orthodoxy still dominates policy and media. Each week, they choose two pillars of the established orthodoxy — the “settled facts” — and shatter them, cutting through the spin to connect the dots between money, geopolitics, and the real forces shaping our future.
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📰 Subscribe to UnHerd today at: https://bit.ly/4cfaeH0 In this episode of The Econoclasts, Yanis Varoufakis and Wolfgang Munchau dissect the geopolitical fallout of the U.S. bombing campaign against Iran, arguing that the strikes signal a definitive shift toward a "permanent war doctrine" and expose how Donald Trump has abandoned his non-interventionist promises to embrace a neocon agenda of regional destabilisation. From the erosion of European sovereignty to the strategic victories handed to China and Russia, Yanis and Wolfgang challenge the "weapons of mass destruction" pretexts of the past and analyse the high economic and human cost of a conflict that seems designed to have no end. Watch it on the UnHerd website: https://unherd.com/watch-listen/iran-strikes-expose-israels-permanent-war-doctrine/ Listen to the podcast: https://plnk.to/unherd?to=page Advertise on UnHerd @ zoe.white@unherd.com Follow UnHerd on social media: Twitter: https://twitter.com/unherd Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/unherd/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/unherd/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@unherdtv //TIMECODES// 00:00 - 00:53 – Intro 00:53 - 03:03 – Today’s topic: Iran, Israel & Trump 03:03 - 08:44 – Iran nuclear deal, US politics & Europe’s response 08:44 - 14:06 – Palestine, end of European autonomy & MAGA vs neocons 14:06 - 15:55 – Rising East, oil, and global economic risks 15:55 - 16:34 – Live show promo 16:34 - 18:46 – Iran’s history: 1953 coup to fundamentalism 18:46 - 22:42 – Revolutions and WMD lies 22:38 - 24:00 – Saudi possible role in Trump’s Iran shift 24:00 - 27:00 – Regional war risk, Russia–China axis & long-term fallout 27:07 - 28:00 – Possible off‑ramps 28:00 - 28:31 – Outro #UnHerd #Iran #Israel