Consequences; Affordability (Cochrane); Ukraine; War?; Achievements | Yaron Brook Show

Consequences; Affordability (Cochrane); Ukraine; War?; Achievements | Yaron Brook Show

(Season 12, Episode 167)

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"Trump just broke his own economy — and 80% of Republicans now want the same price controls Mamdani does. Is there anyone left who still believes in free markets?"

America just got its hottest inflation reading since the peak of the Biden years — and Yaron Brook names exactly who caused it: Trump's tariffs and his unfinished war with Iran.

In this episode, Brook tears into a shocking new WSJ poll showing 80%+ of Americans — Republicans included — now support socialist-style price controls on rent, credit cards, drugs, and wages. Using economist John Cochrane's "Grumpy Economist" analysis, Brook explains why "affordability" is a meaningless word, why price controls always produce shortages and black markets, and why the real enemy of capitalism isn't politicians — it's the idea that self-interest is immoral.

Then: Zelensky's blowup at Trump, Starshield sabotage, Saudi Arabia's $82 billion military that can't stop Houthi drones, the canceled execution livestream, and real human achievement in cancer drugs and battlefield tech.

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Main Topics

00:00 – Why Yaron is launching on Twitch, and the plan for a public "Capitalism AI"

15:27 – September PPI shock: the hottest inflation reading since Biden's peak

17:39 – This inflation is Trump's, not Biden's: tariffs plus an unwon Iran war