Garys Economics

Mar 09 2025 63 ep. 19 mins 164

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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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Why isn't compound interest making us all rich?

Mar 09 2025 22 mins

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

Understand the Economy Part 4: Inequality is driving everything

Mar 02 2025 27 mins

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.

Who's getting rich from your mortgage?

Feb 23 2025 17 mins

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

Why the UK and US governments will both fail.

Feb 16 2025 24 mins

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

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

Feb 09 2025 66 mins

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

How to stop the rich from taking your house

Feb 02 2025 14 mins

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?

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

Jan 30 2025 15 mins

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?

Understand the Economy Part 3: Why is Inequality Ignored?

Jan 26 2025 23 mins

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.

What does Elon Musk want?

Jan 19 2025 21 mins

And why he is funding anti-immigrant parties.

Is the UK government bankrupt?

Jan 12 2025 24 mins

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.