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GoodFellows: Conversations on Economics, History & Geopolitics

2026-06-05

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In a special “mailbag” episode, Hoover senior fellows Sir Niall Ferguson, John Cochrane, and H.R. McMaster answer audience questions. Among the topics (after a brief opening segment devoted to the latest in the Iran-US impasse – aka, “Schrödinger’s ceasefire”): who are today’s great leaders; is “the American experiment” doomed, as some intellectuals posit; China’s move to gold from dollar-denominated securities; the futures of the European Union and the UK’s Reform movement; North Korea’s relative silence; the cooled-down rhetoric of climate change; whether our PhD-wielding historians bother with televised historical dramas; thoughts on gentlemen-scholars’ sartorial style (“buy [clothes] when you’re a graduate student and wear them until they fall apart”); plus managerial lessons to be drawn from the recent successes of Sir Niall’s beloved Arsenal football club.  Subscribe to GoodFellows for clarity on today’s biggest social, economic, and geostrategic shifts — only on GoodFellows.
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  • It's Wednesday, June 3rd, 2026,

  • and welcome back to GoodFellows, a Hoover Institution broadcast examining history, economics, and geopolitics.

  • I'm Bill Whelan.

  • I'm a Hoover Distinguished Policy Fellow, and I'll be your moderator today.

  • If you've been watching this show for these many years, you already know that.

  • You also know what I'm going to do next, which is introduce the stars of our show.

  • My great pleasure.

  • Welcome back.

  • The historian, Sir Niall Ferguson.

  • The economist John Cochrane and former presidential national security advisor, Lieutenant General H.R. McMaster.

  • Neil, John, and H.R.

  • are all Hoover Senior Fellows.

  • Guys, it's great to see you.

  • I hope your June is off to a good start.

  • And we're going to do a mailbag show today.

  • But before we do the mailbag show, since we haven't been together for a few weeks, let's talk about pressing news.

  • Breaking news, in fact, this morning.

  • Apparently, the airport in Kuwait has been struck.

  • H.R., I turn to you.

  • Let's do about 10 minutes on Iran here with this question.