📰 Subscribe to UnHerd today at: http://unherd.com/join UnHerd's Freddie Sayers meets Chris Miller, economic historian and author of Chip War. Listen to the podcast: https://plnk.to/unherd?to=page Follow UnHerd on social media: Twitter: https://twitter.com/unherd Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/unherd/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/unherd/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@unherdtv // TIMECODES // 00:00 - 01:35 - Introduction 01:35 - 03:18 - What is a microchip? 03:18 - 09:05 - Why are the majority of microchips made in Taiwan? 09:05 - 11:27 - Who is Morris Chang and why is he so important in the story of semiconductors? 11:27 - 13:35 - Is Taiwan’s semiconductor success a result of the failure of globalisation? 13:35 - 15:16 - Do Taiwan’s chips make war with China more or less likely? 15:16 - 18:01 - Semiconductor apocalypse: what would happen to the rest of the world if Taiwan’s chips were destroyed? 18:01 - 22:33 - What is the US’s CHIPS Act? 22:33 - 25:48 - What is the military aspect to microchips? 25:48 - 27:49 - Are the US and China in a race to produce chips? 27:49 - 29:57 - Chris Miller’s prediction for US-China conflict over Taiwan 29:57 - 30:30 - Concluding thoughts #UnHerd #ChrisMiller #ChipWars