The Real Reason Everyone Is Talking About Iran - Barry's Economics
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Everyone's talking about whether the war on Iran was justified.
That's not the most important question
The real question is what happens to you, to geopolitics, to society, and to your brain when we go to war, where powerful people publicly demonstrate that the rules don't apply to them.
And that logic isn't just confined to Iran.
It's the neuroscience of what it does to ordinary people when they watch it happen and it's one of the most important and least discussed stories of what is happening right now in the middle east.
Sources referenced:
Arnsten, A. Nature Neuroscience, 2015
Small, Loewenstein & Slovic, Organisational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, 2007
Curry, Mullins & Whitehouse, Current Anthropology, 2019
Ostrom, E, Governing the Commons, 1990 (Nobel Prize, Economics, 2009)
Stenner, K, The Authoritarian Dynamic, 2005
RAND Corporation, Firehose of Falsehood, 2016
Rodrik, D, The Globalisation Paradox, 2011
I’m Barry Ferns – a comedian whose personal journey through failure, homelessness, and rebuilding led me to explore the science, and socio and behavioural economics of inequality.
This channel digs into how systems of power shape our identity, behaviour, and beliefs, and how we can shift the stories we tell ourselves and each other about poverty, inequality, and who’s to blame.
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That's not the most important question
The real question is what happens to you, to geopolitics, to society, and to your brain when we go to war, where powerful people publicly demonstrate that the rules don't apply to them.
And that logic isn't just confined to Iran.
It's the neuroscience of what it does to ordinary people when they watch it happen and it's one of the most important and least discussed stories of what is happening right now in the middle east.
Sources referenced:
Arnsten, A. Nature Neuroscience, 2015
Small, Loewenstein & Slovic, Organisational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, 2007
Curry, Mullins & Whitehouse, Current Anthropology, 2019
Ostrom, E, Governing the Commons, 1990 (Nobel Prize, Economics, 2009)
Stenner, K, The Authoritarian Dynamic, 2005
RAND Corporation, Firehose of Falsehood, 2016
Rodrik, D, The Globalisation Paradox, 2011
I’m Barry Ferns – a comedian whose personal journey through failure, homelessness, and rebuilding led me to explore the science, and socio and behavioural economics of inequality.
This channel digs into how systems of power shape our identity, behaviour, and beliefs, and how we can shift the stories we tell ourselves and each other about poverty, inequality, and who’s to blame.
How to Support Barry’s Economics
Help us stay independent and keep making videos like this.
https://www.buymeacoffee.com/barryseconomics
https://ko-fi.com/barryseconomics
https://www.patreon.com/barryseconomics
Subscribe for future videos: https://www.youtube.com/@barryeconomics
More about me: https://barryferns.co.uk/
You can also follow me on
Tiktok: tiktok.com/@barryseconomics
Instagram: instagram.com/barryseconomics
Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0vgya63dtCFD5tjODr7BEK?si=Bb6ftvByR1-6vG0Q2BTmMg
Twitter: twitter.com/barryseconomics
Substack: https://substack.com/@barryseconomics
Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/user/barryferns/
If you’re new to this, check out @garyseconomics first – his channel gives the structural and financial perspective. This one adds the lived, social and emotional side.
Support Gary's Wealth Tax Campaign Here: https://buy.stripe.com/dRm4gs9Nl1L6eqWbUydjO00
Want to see the stand-up side of all this?
Find my live comedy and storytelling here:
https://www.youtube.com/@mrbarryferns
To learn more about my comedy club, Angel Comedy, and buy tickets for shows head here: https://www.angelcomedy.co.uk/
#BarrysEconomics #GarysEconomics #Inequality #BehaviouralEconomics #SocialJustice #BarryFerns #ComedyWithDepth
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