

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

Mar 3, 2024 • 14min
How we can reverse the decline of our economy
The problem is ballooning wealth inequality. But what is the solution?

Feb 25, 2024 • 19min
Why Game Theory is broken
Economists have gotten game theory wrong for seventy years. Here's why.

Feb 18, 2024 • 6min
This is how you'll lose your house
Middle class families are getting poorer generation by generation. And the trend is accelerating.

Jan 21, 2024 • 14min
Rents, profits and interest are all the same thing. Here's why
Understand this and you'll understand how our economy really functions.

Jan 7, 2024 • 25min
The future of house prices
Gary explains how to understand interest rates – and how these influence house prices.

Dec 31, 2023 • 14min
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.