Italy

5 statements across 4 episodes · 2 bullish · 0 bearish · 4 people on the record · first statement Mar 15, 2020 by David Friedberg · said 162 times in 81 episodes since 2020 · across every show →

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Everything said about Italy, oldest first

Mar 15, 2020
Assertion Supported
Friedberg: US has nearly triple Italy's ICU beds per capita
“Italy has about 12 and a half critical care beds per capita. Per 100,000, sorry population. The U.S. Has 35, so we're, you know, three X the number of ICU or critical care beds per person than Italy has.”
David Friedberg Mar 15, 2020 ▶ 26:01 E0: COVID-19 Political, Economic & Social Ramifications featuring David Friedberg
Mar 15, 2020 neutral
Assertion Partly supported
Friedberg: Italy is third oldest globally, with ~25% over 65
“Italy is the third oldest country in the world. Okay, so about a quarter of Italians are over 65. That is nearly three X or two X what the U.S. Is as a percentage of population being over 65.”
David Friedberg Mar 15, 2020 ▶ 31:45 E0: COVID-19 Political, Economic & Social Ramifications featuring David Friedberg
Apr 11, 2020 positive
Assertion Supported
Sacks: US hospitals expanded capacity and avoided European ventilator rationing
“I think the hospital system has done a great job rapidly creating more capacity. We haven't seen A situation like in Italy or even the UK where they're literally rational rationing ventilators and making horrible triage decisions about who's going to get a ven…”
David Sacks Apr 11, 2020 ▶ 12:58 E2: Rebooting economy, understanding corporate debt, avoiding a depression & more with David Sacks
Sep 17, 2023
Assertion Partly supported
Ray Dalio: Four 1930s democracies chose to become autocracies
“So, in the thirties, four major democracies, because of that dynamic, chose to be, their parliaments chose to be autocracies. That happened in Germany, Italy, Spain, and Japan.”
Ray Dalio Sep 17, 2023 ▶ 13:39 All-In Summit: Ray Dalio on the rise and fall of nations and the changing world order
Apr 3, 2026 positive
Assertion Partly supported
Chamath: Italy, Spain, and Germany are reviving clean energy and nuclear policies
“I think Italy just reintroduced effectively what's called investment tax credits. Spain just did as well. Germany is restarting nuclear.”
Chamath Palihapitiya Apr 3, 2026 ▶ 40:09 SpaceX IPO, Iran War Fallout, Quantum Bitcoin Hack, The Space Opportunity
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