About this episode

The episode discusses the economic consequences of the Iran war and its impact on daily life through six interconnected factors.

Send us Fan Mail This is not a “hot take” episode. This is a dominoes episode. We lay out six dominoes that connect the Iran war to your day to day life: fuel, food, famine, the Fed, the freeze, and the real end result, freedom. If the Strait of Hormuz stays unstable and oil stays elevated, everything downstream gets more expensive: shipping, manufacturing, groceries, and the basic cost of living. Then we show the fertilizer problem that nobody is talking about enough. Urea spikes hit farme...

People in this episode

Host: Zachary Foust

Topics covered

• economic impact
• Iran war
• oil prices
• cost of living
• fertilizer issues
• food supply
• financial implications

Keywords

• Iran
• economic fallout
• oil prices
• fertilizer
• cost of living
• food supply
• Strait of Hormuz
• urea
• Fed

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Fed

Products: urea, fertilizer

Places: Iran, Strait of Hormuz

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