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

May 19, 2024 • 16min
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.

May 12, 2024 • 11min
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.

May 5, 2024 • 22min
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.

Apr 28, 2024 • 8min
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)

Apr 21, 2024 • 11min
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 14, 2024 • 15min
How to get rich
Gary explains how you can get rich.

Mar 31, 2024 • 10min
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 24, 2024 • 9min
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 17, 2024 • 9min
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 10, 2024 • 20min
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.