Barry's Economics

The Wealth Tax Debate Is A Trap - Barry's Economics

The Wealth Tax Debate Rages OnBack and ForthUp and DownBut what does it miss?And Why Is It Always so Circular and Never Ending?I’m Barry Ferns, a comedian whose personal journey through failure, homelessness, and rebuilding led me to explore the socio and behavioural economics of inequality.This channel digs into how systems of power shape our identity, behaviour, and beliefs, and how we can shift the stories we tell ourselves and each other about poverty, inequality, and who’s to blame.How to Support Barry’s EconomicsHelp us stay independent and keep making videos like this.https://www.buymeacoffee.com/barryseconomics [https://www.buymeacoffee.com/barryseconomics]https://ko-fi.com/barryseconomics [https://ko-fi.com/barryseconomics]https://www.patreon.com/barryseconomics [https://www.patreon.com/barryseconomics]Follow and leave a review if you've enjoyed the episode!Mailing List: https://barryferns.co.uk/ [https://barryferns.co.uk/]You can also follow me on Tiktok: tiktok.com/@barryseconomics [tiktok.com/@barryseconomics]Instagram: instagram.com/barryseconomics [instagram.com/barryseconomics]Twitter: twitter.com/barryseconomics [twitter.com/barryseconomics]Substack: https://substack.com/@barryseconomics [https://substack.com/@barryseconomics]BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/barryseconomics.bsky.social [https://bsky.app/profile/barryseconomics.bsky.social]Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/user/barryferns/ [https://www.reddit.com/user/barryferns/]If you’re new to this, check out Gary's Economics first – his channel gives the structural and financial perspective. This one adds the lived, social and emotional side.Support Gary's Wealth Tax Campaign Here: https://buy.stripe.com/dRm4gs9Nl1L6eqWbUydjO00 [https://buy.stripe.com/dRm4gs9Nl1L6eqWbUydjO00]Want to see the stand-up side of all this?Find my live comedy and storytelling here:https://www.youtube.com/@mrbarryferns [https://www.youtube.com/@mrbarryferns]To learn more about my comedy club, Angel Comedy, and buy tickets for shows head here: https://www.angelcomedy.co.uk/ [https://www.angelcomedy.co.uk/]

Change Is Possible Here's How - Barry's Economics

This is the only comedian in the world who has actually changed tax law. (as far as I know)Not highlighted it - Changed it. With jokes, a mahogany buffet, and a few hundred letters from members of the public.On Barry's Economics, we spend a lot of time talking about what needs to change; inequality, taxation, who owns what, who decides what. Mark Thomas spent decades actually doing it.This conversation is about how change works. Not in theory but in practice.And it starts with the most powerful weapon the people who benefit from inequality have - the belief that nothing can change. Mark Thomas is proof that belief is wrong.I’m Barry Ferns – a comedian whose personal journey through failure, homelessness, and rebuilding led me to explore the socio and behavioural economics of inequality.This channel digs into how systems of power shape our identity, behaviour, and beliefs, and how we can shift the stories we tell ourselves and each other about poverty, inequality, and who’s to blame.How to Support Barry’s EconomicsHelp us stay independent and keep making videos like this.https://www.buymeacoffee.com/barryseconomics [https://www.buymeacoffee.com/barryseconomics]https://ko-fi.com/barryseconomics [https://ko-fi.com/barryseconomics]https://www.patreon.com/barryseconomics [https://www.patreon.com/barryseconomics]Follow and leave a review for future episodes!Mailing List: https://barryferns.co.uk/ [https://barryferns.co.uk/]You can also follow me on Tiktok: tiktok.com/@barryseconomics [tiktok.com/@barryseconomics]Instagram: instagram.com/barryseconomic [instagram.com/barryseconomics]Twitter: twitter.com/barryseconomics [twitter.com/barryseconomics]Substack: https://substack.com/@barryseconomics [https://substack.com/@barryseconomics]Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/user/barryferns/ [https://www.reddit.com/user/barryferns/]BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/barryseconomics.bsky.social [https://bsky.app/profile/barryseconomics.bsky.social] If you’re new to this, check out Gary's Economics first – his channel gives the structural and financial perspective. This one adds the lived, social and emotional side.Support Gary's Wealth Tax Campaign Here: https://buy.stripe.com/dRm4gs9Nl1L6eqWbUydjO00 [https://buy.stripe.com/dRm4gs9Nl1L6eqWbUydjO00]Want to see the stand-up side of all this?Find my live comedy and storytelling here:https://www.youtube.com/@mrbarryferns [https://www.youtube.com/@mrbarryferns]To learn more about my comedy club, Angel Comedy, and buy tickets for shows head here: https://www.angelcomedy.co.uk/ [https://www.angelcomedy.co.uk/]

Why Politicians Keep Getting It So Wrong - Barry's Economics

Every Political and Economic debate about poverty and inequality goes the same way. Left says redistribute. Right says grow grow grow. Round and round.Why is it so endlessly circular - and why does nothing ever actually get fixed? One reason could be that there's an entire category of evidence that never makes it into the roomWe account for bias in medicine, law, and aviation. We just don't do it in economic policy. This video is about why that has to change.Sources mentioned:Keltner, D. - The Power ParadoxKraus, M.W. et al. - Social class, solipsism, and contextualismMirror neuron / wealth research - Sukvinder ObhiI’m Barry Ferns – a comedian whose personal journey through failure, homelessness, and rebuilding led me to explore the socio and behavioural economics of inequality.This channel digs into how systems of power shape our identity, behaviour, and beliefs, and how we can shift the stories we tell ourselves and each other about poverty, inequality, and who’s to blame.How to Support Barry’s EconomicsHelp us stay independent and keep making videos like this.https://www.buymeacoffee.com/barryseconomics [https://www.buymeacoffee.com/barryseconomics]https://ko-fi.com/barryseconomics [https://ko-fi.com/barryseconomics]https://www.patreon.com/barryseconomics [https://www.patreon.com/barryseconomics]Follow and leave a review if you enjoyed this episode!Mailing List: https://barryferns.co.uk/ [https://barryferns.co.uk/]You can also follow me on Tiktok: tiktok.com/@barryseconomics [tiktok.com/@barryseconomics]Instagram: instagram.com/barryseconomics [instagram.com/barryseconomics]Twitter: twitter.com/barryseconomics [twitter.com/barryseconomics]Substack: https://substack.com/@barryseconomics [https://substack.com/@barryseconomics]Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/user/barryferns/ [https://www.reddit.com/user/barryferns/]If you’re new to this, check out Gary's Economics first – his channel gives the structural and financial perspective. This one adds the lived, social and emotional side.Support Gary's Wealth Tax Campaign Here: https://buy.stripe.com/dRm4gs9Nl1L6eqWbUydjO00 [https://buy.stripe.com/dRm4gs9Nl1L6eqWbUydjO00]Want to see the stand-up side of all this?Find my live comedy and storytelling here:https://www.youtube.com/@mrbarryferns [https://www.youtube.com/@mrbarryferns]To learn more about my comedy club, Angel Comedy, and buy tickets for shows head here: https://www.angelcomedy.co.uk/ [https://www.angelcomedy.co.uk/]

We Treat Billionaires Like Oracles. Here's Why That's Wrong - Barry's Economics

We often treat extremely wealthy individuals as if they have a deeper understanding of how the world works. But there is a structural reason to question that assumption. As wealth increases, people become less exposed to many of the constraints and trade-offs that shape everyday life. Research in behavioural science suggests that people rely heavily on their own experience when forming judgments. At the same time, studies on power indicate that increased influence can change how people interpret others and the world around them. This episode looks at the neuroscience of power, the psychology of wealth, and why the people we treat as authoritative voices may be working from a very different version of reality. I’m Barry Ferns – a comedian whose personal journey through failure, homelessness, and rebuilding led me to explore the socio and behavioural economics of inequality.This channel digs into how systems of power shape our identity, behaviour, and beliefs, and how we can shift the stories we tell ourselves and each other about poverty, inequality, and who’s to blame.How to Support Barry’s EconomicsHelp us stay independent and keep making videos like this.https://www.buymeacoffee.com/barryseconomics [https://www.buymeacoffee.com/barryseconomics]https://ko-fi.com/barryseconomics [https://ko-fi.com/barryseconomics]https://www.patreon.com/barryseconomics [https://www.patreon.com/barryseconomics]Follow and leave a review for future videos!Sign-up to mailing list: https://barryferns.co.uk/ [https://barryferns.co.uk/]You can also follow me on Tiktok: tiktok.com/@barryseconomics [tiktok.com/@barryseconomics]Instagram: instagram.com/barryseconomics [instagram.com/barryseconomics]Twitter: twitter.com/barryseconomics [twitter.com/barryseconomics]Substack: https://substack.com/@barryseconomics [https://substack.com/@barryseconomics]Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/user/barryferns/ [https://www.reddit.com/user/barryferns/]If you’re new to this, check out Gary's Economics first – his channel gives the structural and financial perspective. This one adds the lived, social and emotional side.Support Gary's Wealth Tax Campaign Here: https://buy.stripe.com/dRm4gs9Nl1L6eqWbUydjO00 [https://buy.stripe.com/dRm4gs9Nl1L6eqWbUydjO00]Want to see the stand-up side of all this?Find my live comedy and storytelling here:https://www.youtube.com/@mrbarryferns [https://www.youtube.com/@mrbarryferns]To learn more about my comedy club, Angel Comedy, and buy tickets for shows head here: https://www.angelcomedy.co.uk/ [https://www.angelcomedy.co.uk/]

The Manosphere Isn't About Men. Or Women - Barry's Economics

Everyone has a take on the manosphere.This isn't one of them.Because the debate you've been watching - the one about men, women, masculinity, feminism, Andrew Tate, Jordan Peterson - isn't actually about any of those things.It's about something else entirely. Something far more boring and far more profitable.The science on this is extraordinary. And nobody is talking about it.Research and sources in this video:Naomi Eisenberger, UCLA, social exclusion and physical painHenri Tajfel, group identity, tribalism and prejudiceNYU Center for Social Media and Politic, algorithmic radicalisation on YouTubeMolly Crockett, Nature Human Behaviour (2017), moral outrage and social media amplificationDaniel Kahneman, System 1 and System 2 thinkingAnne Case and Angus Deaton, Princeton, Deaths of DespairLink 1 - Henri Tajfelhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ciSx1EG4V0s [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ciSx1EG4V0s]Link 2 - Molly Crockethttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jRAfcpPpXrg [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jRAfcpPpXrg]Link 3 - Anne Case and Angus Deatonhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IX9k4s_UWiU&t=320s [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IX9k4s_UWiU&t=320s]Link 4 - Daniel Kahnemannhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PirFrDVRBo4&t=195s [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PirFrDVRBo4&t=195s]I’m Barry Ferns, a comedian whose personal journey through failure, homelessness, and rebuilding led me to explore the socio and behavioural economics of inequality.This channel digs into how systems of power shape our identity, behaviour, and beliefs, and how we can shift the stories we tell ourselves and each other about poverty, inequality, and who’s to blame.How to Support Barry’s EconomicsHelp us stay independent and keep making videos like this.https://www.buymeacoffee.com/barryseconomics [https://www.buymeacoffee.com/barryseconomics]https://ko-fi.com/barryseconomics [https://ko-fi.com/barryseconomics]https://www.patreon.com/barryseconomics [https://www.patreon.com/barryseconomics]Follow and leave a review for future episodes!Mailing List: https://barryferns.co.uk/ [https://barryferns.co.uk/]You can also follow me on Tiktok: tiktok.com/@barryseconomics [tiktok.com/@barryseconomics]Instagram: instagram.com/barryseconomics [instagram.com/barryseconomics]Twitter: twitter.com/barryseconomics [twitter.com/barryseconomics]Substack: https://substack.com/@barryseconomics [https://substack.com/@barryseconomics]Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/user/barryferns/ [https://www.reddit.com/user/barryferns/]If you’re new to this, check out Gary's Economics first! His channel gives the structural and financial perspective. This one adds the lived, social and emotional side.Support Gary's Wealth Tax Campaign Here: https://buy.stripe.com/dRm4gs9Nl1L6eqWbUydjO00 [https://buy.stripe.com/dRm4gs9Nl1L6eqWbUydjO00https://buy.stripe.com/dRm4gs9Nl1L6eqWbUydjO00]Want to see the stand-up side of all this?Find my live comedy and storytelling here:https://www.youtube.com/@mrbarryferns [https://www.youtube.com/@mrbarryferns]To learn more about my comedy club, Angel Comedy, and buy tickets for shows head here: https://www.angelcomedy.co.uk/ [https://www.angelcomedy.co.uk/]