Why economic "growth" is stupid – and won't fix our problems
Growing the economy while inequality is surging will just make the rich even richer.
Apr 21, 2024•11 min
Garys Economics
Gary Stevenson – inequality economist, former trader and author of The Trading Game – explains how real world economics work.
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How to get rich
Gary explains how you can get rich.
Apr 14, 2024•15 min
Small towns and highstreets are dying because of growing inequality
How's your local high street doing? This is how inequality is reshaping our country.
Mar 31, 2024•10 min
They're not measuring inflation properly
Inflation has been high on the news agenda due to the cost of living crisis. When you see people talking about inflation they'll almost always be talking about the rising costs of things you buy in the shops, which is retail price inflation or consumer price inflation. But what about asset price inflation? Assets have been going up for years, and faster than goods and services, so why is that rarely mentioned?
Mar 24, 2024•9 min
Why the rich keep getting richer
If you look back across history, you find that inequality is the norm. After the second world war that changed, and there was a period of rising equality across the west. But rising inequality is back, unless we do something about it.
Mar 17, 2024•9 min
Why are taxes so high?
Taxes are set to reach all time highs. But if this is the case, why is the government so bankrupt? And why are public services collapsing? In this video I explain why.
Mar 10, 2024•20 min
How we can reverse the decline of our economy
The problem is ballooning wealth inequality. But what is the solution?
Mar 03, 2024•14 min
Why Game Theory is broken
Economists have gotten game theory wrong for seventy years. Here's why.
Feb 25, 2024•19 min
This is how you'll lose your house
Middle class families are getting poorer generation by generation. And the trend is accelerating.
Feb 18, 2024•6 min
Rents, profits and interest are all the same thing. Here's why
Understand this and you'll understand how our economy really functions.
Jan 21, 2024•14 min
The future of house prices
Gary explains how to understand interest rates – and how these influence house prices.
Jan 07, 2024•25 min
My economic outlook: house prices, inflation and living standards
Gary analyses the economy over the past 6 months. And what he expects to happen next.
Dec 31, 2023•14 min
How I lost faith in the economists who run the economy
Economists in central banks, government, universities and the media have done a phenomenally poor job of managing the economy over the last 20 years. Gary explains why he thinks that is.
Jun 11, 2023•26 min
We've designed our economic system to ensure your money devalues forever
Your money is decreasing in value all the time compared to real assets. Gary explains how to protect yourself from this currency devaluation.
May 21, 2023•23 min
Your financial position is based on how much debt your parents took on
We're in a strange economic situation where those in families who took on huge amounts of debt to buy houses have been massively rewarded from surging prices. Gary explains how debt is a form of ownership. And how to benefit from this.
May 14, 2023•24 min
We will lose the property owning middle class
If nothing changes and the rich continue taking all their assets, we will lose the middle class in the UK in the next 30-40 years.
Apr 30, 2023•15 min
My prediction for house prices, interest rates and inflation
Housing affects everyone, even if you don't own any. Gary explains what pushes house prices up over time. And what he expects to happen to house prices, interest rates and inflation in the coming years.
Apr 09, 2023•24 min
What is the Asset Economy?
We've moved into a new type of economy where the work you do cannot transform your economic situation in the way it used to. Welcome to the Asset Economy.
Mar 12, 2023•18 min
Why don't the government tax the rich more?
The reason goes a lot deeper than simply there are bunch of rich people in government like Rishi Sunak and Jeremy Hunt. The reticence to tax the rich stems from the bankruptcy of an entire profession: economics. Gary explains why.
Mar 05, 2023•18 min
Flows of wealth: understand this and you'll understand the economy
Understanding how wealth moves around the economy allowed me to successfully predict how major crises like the 2008 financial crisis and the Covid crisis would affect the economy.
Jan 15, 2023•19 min
I don't want you to trade – but if you do, listen to this first
Most people lose all of their money trading. You're competing against full-time professionals who are there to take your money. If you do decide to trade, however, listen to these tips first.
Dec 18, 2022•19 min
How your life will be destroyed by the super rich
What we're witnessing in slow motion is the death of the UK's middle class, as the super rich accumulate all of their assets. Gary explains how we got here. And what we can do about it.
Nov 20, 2022•24 min
Are the richest people in the UK paying any tax?
You've been misled to think that the richest pay the most tax. They don't. Gary explains how our tax system is set up to tax income, not wealth – and therefore how it misses the really rich people in the UK.
Nov 13, 2022•12 min
Why "trickle down" economics doesn't work
Gary explains how the failed idea has fuelled a huge growth in inequality.
Oct 09, 2022•11 min
What does Liz Truss's mini-budget disaster mean for the UK?
Gary reacts to the Truss government's mini-budget that crashed the markets.
Oct 02, 2022•35 min
How much money do you need to be rich?
What does it take to be rich in 2022? Gary unpacks what being rich looks like – and why you should pay more tax if you fall into the category.
Sep 07, 2022•13 min
How the rich avoid tax – with Stephanie Brobbey
Stephanie Brobbey, a former private wealth lawyer, has seen up close how the rich reduce the amount of tax they pay. She talks to Gary about why she left the wealth management industry. "There are more food banks than McDonald's in the UK. When I heard that I just thought: I can't continue being part of this system which is essentially designed to keep concentrating wealth and minimizing tax." Follow Stephanie on Twitter: https://twitter.com/steph_brobbey...
Aug 22, 2022•1 hr 7 min
Economists in the media have no idea what's going on
Economists in the media and universities have no idea what's going on. Here's why you shouldn't believe what they say.
May 22, 2022•18 min
When does trading turn into gambling? With Matt Zarb-Cousin
There's been a huge increase in online trading over the past two years. For many people this has led to financial losses, and gambling addictions. Gary talks to gambling expert and campaigner Matt Zarb-Cousin about the risk of addiction, and how people can keep themselves, and their money, safe
Mar 27, 2022•51 min
The economic crisis caused by Covid
Governments have responded to Covid by pumping huge amounts of money into the economy. But where has this money gone?
Mar 06, 2022•17 min
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