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Garys Economics

Garys Economics

Gary Stevenson ? inequality economist, former trader and author of The Trading Game ? explains how real world economics work.

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The week Trump nearly crashed the world economy

The world just went totally mad. Here's what it means.


2025-04-13
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They're teaching economics wrong ? full interview with Ha-Joon Chang

Ha-Joon Chang is best selling author of '23 Things They Don't Tell You About Capitalism'. If you want to understand how our economic system is failing us, this is the economist to study.


2025-04-06
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Special: Can tariffs make us rich? With Ha-Joon Chang

In the past, some countries ? like South Korea, Britain and the US ? have used tariffs to protect and foster nascent industries, and grow rich from the results. Can America's current experiment with protectionism work out the same way?

Full conversation with Ha-Joon Chang out this Sunday.

2025-04-03
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Why Labour is crushing your living standards

Behind the dry statistics of the Spring Statement is a bleak reality. The Labour government is doing austerity 2.0 in the UK. Here's why ? and what you can do about it.


2025-03-30
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Labour want to come on Gary?s Economics, should I let them?

We've been approached by some Labour MPs who want to come on the channel ? should we let them? Let us know in the comments.

2025-03-23
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How to stop the economy from collapsing

The problem is the rich are taking everything ? and the rest of us are being impoverished. But what's the solution, and how do we achieve it?


2025-03-16
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Why isn't compound interest making us all rich?

Just let your wealth compound over time and you'll get rich, the advice goes. If true, why aren't more people millionaires?

2025-03-09
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Understand the Economy Part 4: Inequality is driving everything

This one central idea has enabled me to correctly predict the cost of living crisis and collapse in living standards since 2008 ? as well as stock market rallies. Part 4 of Gary's Understand the Economy course.


2025-03-02
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Who's getting rich from your mortgage?

Who actually ends up with that mortgage payment you make every month? Spoiler: it's not the bank.

2025-02-23
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Why the UK and US governments will both fail.

Starmer (in the UK) and Trump both face the same problem ? and neither have a solution.

2025-02-16
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Why is the alt-right so attractive to young men? With Jimmy the Giant

Gary talks to Jimmy the Giant ? and how he realised the far-right have no answers.

2025-02-09
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How to stop the rich from taking your house

A house or a flat is the biggest asset most people will ever own. And prices will go up. But if the rich are taking everything else away, does owning a house really protect you from becoming poor?

2025-02-02
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How very rich and powerful people think. What I learnt at Citibank

Gary talks about what happened when he tried to leave Citibank. What can we learn about how rich and powerful people operate, what they want ? and how we can win the game?

2025-01-30
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Understand the Economy Part 3: Why is Inequality Ignored?

Wealth inequality is surging in the UK and around the world. But economists in the media and universities are blind to it, leading to poor and misleading analysis. Why?

Part 3 of Gary's Understand the Economy course.

2025-01-26
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What does Elon Musk want?

And why he is funding anti-immigrant parties.

2025-01-19
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Is the UK government bankrupt?

UK government borrowing costs spiked on Thursday with a panic in the bond markets, and the pound fell. Are we facing a new Liz Truss moment? Gary filmed an emergency video to address what's going on.

2025-01-12
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Everything You've Missed on the Economy

Updating you on what's happened over the past 6 months. And what'll happen in 2025.

2025-01-07
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I'm back. Here's What We're Doing in 2025

I've been away but we're going to try to change things in 2025.


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2024-12-29
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How to live in a collapsing economy

Everyone basically knows the economy is broken. The question is less and less how do we fix it, but how do we get through it. Gary talks to Robinson College, Cambridge.

2024-08-18
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What's next for me and this podcast?

An update from Gary.

2024-08-11
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Understand the Economy Part 2: What Is Wealth Inequality?

My in-depth course to help you understand the economy. PART 2 What Is Wealth Inequality?

2024-07-28
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Was I right? My predictions 4 years on

This channel started 4 years ago today. Which of my predictions came true?

2024-07-14
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Will the rich leave the UK if you tax them more?

"They'll leave" is the most common response in the media if you suggest a wealth tax. But will they?

2024-07-07
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Understand the Economy Part 1: What is wealth?

Introducing my new course on economics: PART 1 What is Wealth?

2024-06-30
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The issue I've been avoiding: immigration

Immigration isn't the biggest problem facing working class people. Don't believe the media.

2024-06-23
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This is how I'm going to vote in the election

There's an election coming up, and the tories are going to lose. But don't get too excited, because I don't have much hope in Labour either. Here are my thoughts.

2024-06-16
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How do we really grow investment in the UK?

Are investments from rich people helping our economy to grow?

2024-06-09
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I want you to pay less tax

Taxes pay for everything important. But I want the rich to pay more and you to pay less.

2024-06-02
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Rishi Sunak's taxes ? the real story

The rich own everything, but they hide it in their tax returns.

2024-05-26
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Inflation will start falling. But your finances will still suck

Don't believe the media hype: inflation will fall but it won't make a big difference to your life.

2024-05-19
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The government should tax the super rich and burn the money. Here's why

You could tax and burn the £700 billion given out in Covid and living standards would improve.

2024-05-12
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You may not have noticed but your wages are falling

Compared to real assets like property, food and energy, wages in the UK have collapsed in the last 20 years ? and it's accelerating.

2024-05-05
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Is passive income the answer?

Want to live a life of luxury and never work again? Passive income might be the answer (disclaimer: you have to own £ millions of assets first)

2024-04-28
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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.

2024-04-21
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How to get rich

Gary explains how you can get rich.

2024-04-14
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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.

2024-03-31
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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?

2024-03-24
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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.

2024-03-17
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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.

2024-03-10
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How we can reverse the decline of our economy

The problem is ballooning wealth inequality. But what is the solution?

2024-03-03
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Why Game Theory is broken

Economists have gotten game theory wrong for seventy years. Here's why.

2024-02-25
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This is how you'll lose your house

Middle class families are getting poorer generation by generation. And the trend is accelerating.

2024-02-18
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Rents, profits and interest are all the same thing. Here's why

Understand this and you'll understand how our economy really functions.

2024-01-21
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The future of house prices

Gary explains how to understand interest rates ? and how these influence house prices.

2024-01-07
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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.

2023-12-31
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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.

2023-06-11
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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.

2023-05-21
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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.

2023-05-14
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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.

2023-04-30
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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.

2023-04-09
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