Financial Crash Expert: In 3 months We’ll Enter A Famine! If Iran Doesn’t Surrender It's The End!

April 6, 2026

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Professor Steve Keen, an economist specializing in financial instability and the dynamics of money, joins Steven Bartlett to dissect the US-Israel-Iran conflict's economic fallout. He argues the war exposes overlooked global supply chain fragilities, potentially triggering shortages in food, energy, and tech production, while outlining war endgames and broader economic risks like an AI-driven crash.

Conflict Origins and Five End Scenarios

Keen traces the war to Israel's long-term aim to neutralize Iran as a regional rival, backed by a US under Trump who aligns with Israeli goals despite underestimating Iran's defenses. Iran has prepared for decades against decapitation strikes—seen in Iraq and elsewhere—by decentralizing its military into 31 autonomous provincial units, each self-sufficient with missiles and resources. This structure demands total devastation to defeat, making invasion a "suicide mission" for any ground troops, which Keen sees as over 50% likely.

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What you'll learn

1 (00:54) **Five War End Scenarios Introduced** - Expert outlines potential outcomes of US-Israel-Iran conflict
2 (01:25) **Professor Steve Keen Background** - Economist specializes in history of economic thought, financial instability, money dynamics
3 (03:10) **Trump's Mafia-Like Leadership** - Describes Trump as mafia don running shakedown, driven by narcissism for attention
4 (04:21) **War Origins: Israel's Expansionism** - Israel seeks to destroy Iran as regional rival, underestimating preparedness
5 (06:00) **Politician-Public Divorce on Israel** - Leaders pro-Israel despite public anti-Gaza sentiment; Epstein blackmail theory
6 (08:08) **One-Sentence War Cause** - Israel wanted to destroy Iran with Trump's help but underestimated resistance
7 (09:08) **Iran's Terrain and Scale** - Massive size (double UK), mountains, 90M population make invasion hellish

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Show Notes

He predicted the 2008 crash, now Professor Steve Keen warns the Iran war is coming for your food prices.

Professor Steve Keen is the world's first rebel economist to predict the 2008 financial crisis years before it happened, based on his proprietary data software, Ravel©. He has spent over 30 years as an academic, and is currently a visiting scholar at the University of Amsterdam.

He explains:

◼ Why your food prices could double and the one resource nobody is talking about

◼ The 5 ways this war could end and which scenario keeps you safest

◼ How one 20km gap controls your phone, your heating, and your food

◼ Why nobody around Trump will tell him he's losing and what that means for you

◼ How AI could wipe out half of all jobs and what you should do right now

Chapters

00:00:00 Intro
00:02:15 Who Is Professor Steven—And Why His Perspective Matters Now
00:02:41 What’s Really Driving Tensions Between The US, Israel, And Iran
00:07:26 Why Israel Might See Iran As An Existential Threat
00:12:26 The Strait Of Hormuz—And What Happens If It Closes
00:16:20 Where Fertilizer Comes From—And What A Shortage Would Trigger
00:18:07 Why Oil Still Controls Everything—And The Cost Of Running Out
00:21:09 What Happens If This War Doesn’t End Quickly
00:21:53 The Real Cause Behind The Global Cost Of Living Crisis
00:25:18 Do Wars Widen The Gap Between Rich And Poor
00:29:38 Five Scenarios That Could Shape What Happens Next
00:29:50 Scenario 1: What Happens If Iran Is Destroyed
00:33:01 Scenario 2: The Fallout If Gulf Infrastructure Collapses
00:37:31 Scenario 3: The Samson Doctrine—And When It’s Used
00:44:33 Scenario 4: Could Iran Neutralize Israel’s Nukes
00:51:21 What Trump Really Wants—And The Fear Behind It
00:53:12 Will The US Put Troops On The Ground
00:56:11 What The Best-Case Scenario Actually Looks Like
00:59:03 Scenario 5: What Changes If Iran Goes Nuclear
01:00:40 Why Self-Sufficiency Might Be The Only Safety Net
01:03:39 What Could Trigger The Next Financial Crash
01:07:57 How To Survive Another Boom-And-Bust Cycle
01:09:25 Universal Basic Income
01:12:25 How AI Is Quietly Rewriting The