Geopolitical Economy Report

Many Western economists and media outlets claim that Americans are wealthier than Europeans, but this is not true; it's based on a misunderstanding of the difference between average wealth and median wealth. Ben Norton explains how the extreme inequality in the US make its average wealth misleadingly look high, and why GDP per capita is not a good measurement. He debunks the myth of "Europoors", which is often spread by Donald Trump supporters.

VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kzFUd8uj7pA

Topics
0:00 The myth that Americans are wealthy
1:15 Average wealth vs median wealth
3:50 Data on US median wealth
6:42 Wealth inequality (Gini coefficient)
9:31 Poverty and homelessness
10:19 USA vs Europe
12:02 Wealth concentration of US elites
13:28 Distribution of growth in income
15:01 GDP per capita is misleading
21:18 US GDP by sector
23:13 Imputed rent and GDP
25:05 Life expectancy, mortality, etc.
27:10 US healthcare system
28:40 US health system vs OECD
32:58 Ridiculous "Europoor" myth
33:32 Trump cuts taxes on rich
34:27 Trump family corruption
36:20 Insider trading
36:56 Myth of American dream
38:18 Outro

What is the US strategy in its war against Iran? Is the Trump administration seriously committed to negotiations to make a deal? JD Vance accidentally exposed the USA's plan, to use the talks to buy time to refill oil reserves and stabilize the economy. Ben Norton explains.

VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7_BojBCeM6o

Topics
0:00 US negotiations with Iran
0:56 Trump considers restarting war
1:46 Strait of Hormuz
3:37 Israel and Lebanon
5:02 JD Vance exposes US strategy
6:27 (CLIP) JD Vance on Iran
7:31 Oil market
8:22 Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR)
10:24 (CLIP) Trump on oil reserves
10:52 US strategy
11:56 Iran's strategy
13:12 USA violates agreements
14:18 Iran's economic nuclear weapon
15:24 Oil price
16:14 Parallels to Ukraine war
21:41 New Iranian government
25:55 USA lost. The war backfired
28:00 Outro

The US-based right-wing Chinese billionaire Miles Guo (Guo Wengui), who worked closely with Donald Trump advisor Steve Bannon, was sentenced to 30 years in prison for committing $1 billion of fraud. Ben Norton explains how Western governments and media outlets support "dissidents" from countries they don't like, who are often corrupt grifters and con artists; and how fake "experts" make money by spreading absurd disinformation about China, Iran, Cuba, Venezuela, North Korea, etc.

VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HSVBsyDz1ks

Topics
0:00 Billionaire fraudster Miles Guo
1:03 Links to Trump, Steven Bannon
4:34 US DOJ prosecution
6:31 China's charges
8:06 US media whitewashing
12:25 Corrupt West-backed "dissidents"
15:23 US support for dictators
17:12 Pro-West Chinese "dissidents"
19:40 Soviet "dissidents"
21:07 North Korean defector Yeonmi Park
24:18 Yeonmi Park becomes a meme
25:36 (CLIP) Yeonmi Park on Joe Rogan
26:12 Absurd propaganda
26:53 Park jumps on the Trump train
27:47 Western media has no standards
28:56 Fake China "expert" Gordon G Chang
34:00 Ai Weiwei change of heart
39:16 Western imperialist hypocrisy
41:17 Outro

US Big Tech corporations are paying influencers to spread anti-China, pro-AI disinformation on social media. Ben Norton explains why Silicon Valley fears Chinese competition and seeks to monopolize artificial intelligence and other advanced technologies, to impose the global dominance of the USA in an imperialist unipolar order.

VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5BLnM-gxj-o

Topics
0:00 Silicon Valley spreads propaganda
2:08 US govt helps Elon Musk pollute
4:52 Scapegoating China
5:32 AI arms race
7:34 (CLIP) Ex Google CEO Eric Schmidt
7:52 Silicon Valley wants monopolies
10:02 (CLIP) Peter Thiel loves monopolies
10:20 Sam Altman lobbies US govt
12:40 OpenAI is losing lots of money
14:02 Pentagon works with Big Tech
15:54 Anthropic conflict with Trump admin
17:25 Dario Amodei backs Cold War Two
18:28 USA wants unipolar world
20:01 Palantir and techno-fascism
23:26 Totalitarian police state
26:10 Larry Ellison buys up US media
26:44 Surveillance Valley
30:58 Monopoly and hegemony
32:27 Imperialism and Big Tech
34:48 Outro

The USA and Iran are holding negotiations to end the war, but Tehran condemned Washington for violating the agreement, because Israel keeps attacking Lebanon. US Vice President JD Vance appeared to criticize Israel, but Ben Norton explains the deep hypocrisy of the United States, which is still giving Netanyahu billions of dollars of weapons and military aid.

VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wogLemf3er4

Topics
0:00 Talks between USA & Iran
0:35 Iran says US violates agreement
1:50 Will Israel sabotage Iran deal?
2:58 Israel needs US military support
4:12 JD Vance: US is Israel's only ally
5:04 (CLIP) JD Vance: US military aid
5:47 (CLIP) JD Vance on Israel
7:57 Put up or shut up
8:40 Billions in US aid to Israel
9:42 Military-industrial complex
11:03 Unsinkable aircraft carrier
11:48 Tails don't wag dogs
12:36 Trump warns of oil shortages
13:25 (CLIP) Trump: 4 weeks of reserves
14:07 Trump threatens Iran again
14:33 (CLIP) Fox News on Trump threats
15:14 Iran has more leverage
16:08 Israel's goals in Lebanon
17:28 Israel takes over Gaza
18:40 US sends more weapons to Israel
19:14 Hypocrisy
19:45 Outro