Garys Economics

Garys Economics

Podcast door Gary Stevenson

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

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episode How to convince your friends, family and networks to support wealth taxes. A step-by-step guide artwork
How to convince your friends, family and networks to support wealth taxes. A step-by-step guide

The rich will take everything unless we start taxing them more. A wealth tax is the best way to do this. But we need to win over the public, and dispell some of the common pushbacks. Here's how to do it. (00:00) Intro (00:48) Massive oppurtunity (02:29) How to explain my message to your friends and family (02:43) Point 1: Don't be a dick (04:00) People are scared (08:06) Point 2: Understanding and education (16:35) Point 3: How to deal with common pushbacks (19:20) The Laffer Curve (22:43) "It's not fair to tax rich people" (24:20) "You secretly want to tax me more" (25:45) "Don't give money to the government, they'll waste it" (27:40) The core message

Gisteren - 29 min
episode They're about to tax you more. Why western governments will soon hammer you with tax rises artwork
They're about to tax you more. Why western governments will soon hammer you with tax rises

The UK government will be forced to raise taxes in October to avoid financial instability. Who they choose to tax at this next Budget will beat a path for other Western governments facing the same problems. Here's what they're planning – and why it could be the beginning of the end for the middle class. Other episodes mentioned by Gary: 'The Squeeze out' AKA Why Labour is crushing your living standards https://open.spotify.com/episode/2yO2SJstjBX2lpW7Jn0AO6?si=b84234841c8b42ca What's in this episode: (00:00) Intro (00:47) Why this year's UK Budget matters (02:10) What they will announce (02:50) Governments going bankrupt (08:25) Do they have other options? (10:48) Tax the rich or tax the middle class (11:15) Rich vs middle class vs working class (12:29) Do not trust the rich (13:13) My message to middle class people (15:04) What I mean by "tax the rich" (16:09) The rich are WINNING

03 aug 2025 - 17 min
episode How to take over your country using social media artwork
How to take over your country using social media

Alt right political movements have proven they take power using social media. Gary walks us through how we can use their rulebook to get what we want in our countries. Chapters: (00:00) Introduction (02:26) Social media's power in politics (05:05) The WWF model (07:01) Economic inequality (08:08) Build a platform (17:49) The power of social content creation (26:12) Use the traditional media (30:36) You have to focus your message (35:00) Be disciplined (37:13) Challenges from elite institutions (41:27) Take a strategic approach (45:43) Balancing advocacy and content creation (48:20) What you can do – and what I'm planning

27 jul 2025 - 49 min
episode How do we fix the housing crisis? artwork
How do we fix the housing crisis?

Why are house prices in the UK so high? Here's how we can make housing affordable for ordinary people again. What I discuss in this episode: (00:00) Intro (01:26) Why every city in the world has a housing crisis (04:00) Understand that housing is an asset like shares, bonds, commodities (07:40) Economists miss why assets are going up11:55 How rich people push up asset prices (and house prices) (14:15) Wages do not control house prices (16:33) Should we just build more housing? (18:33) Inequality is reshaping our cities and creating slums (21:27) Why we can't get growth (24:13) The problem is inequality (25:09) Cutting red tape and Grenfell Tower (26:06) The rich always decide – we need to reduce their wealth

20 jul 2025 - 28 min
episode This is how we stop the UK from falling apart artwork
This is how we stop the UK from falling apart

The UK's political and economic situation is grim, caused by growing wealth inequality and mass impoverishment. Gary has one message for the Labour government: a wealth tax could start to reverse the situation – and prevent the collapse of our society. He also has message for anyone tempted to vote for Reform (spoiler: stopping immigration won't fix the problem). In this first episode after a three month break, Gary brings us up to speed on everything that's happened in UK economy – and what we need to achieve in the coming months. Chapters: (00:00) intro (00:40) Wealth taxes are coming (02:41) Economic and political situation (08:12) The death of centrism and far-right doom loop (12:06) My message to the Labour government (15:12) We can win (17:32) It's an international issue (18:50) Gary talks to Reform voters (20:43) Working class vs middle class (22:16) If you are rich listen to this (24:05) What's next on the channel?

13 jul 2025 - 25 min
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