Garys Economics

Weds 8 July 9pm: when my new documentary will air on Channel 4 in the UK. We'll also put it out on this Youtube channel from Sunday 12 July. x

The UK and other governments owe a huge amount of debt, mostly to the rich, known as bonds. Changes in interest rates on these bonds can cause economic and political crises, as happened with Liz Truss. Gary explains how to understand these bond markets – and whether we can take back control from them.

If unstopped, the trillionaires will eventually have no choice but to take everything from you, your children and your grandchildren. Here's how it happens (and how to stop them). TAX WEALTH NOT WORK tshirt: https://shop.garyseconomics.org/ CHAPTERS (00:00) Intro (00:21) What is a trillion? (03:03) What does Musk own? (06:56) Should you be worried? (13:00) They will own everything (16:27) Vict...

The intelligentsia are going all-in against wealth taxes. Are they just trying to mislead us, or do they have valid criticisms? Get TAX WEALTH NOT WORK t-shirt and stickers – https://shop.garyseconomics.org/ CHAPTERS (00:00) Intro (00:55) Are we a meritocracy or an inheritocracy? (06:53) Inheritance tax vs wealth tax (12:27) Would it deter innovation? (18:52) Taxing the most productive people (21:...

Are we about to get a new Prime Minister in the UK? The change in leadership may be the best chance we've ever had of winning wealth taxes in this country. And it could be a blueprint for other countries around the world. Chapters (00:00) Intro (00:36) UK situation (02:18) Who will be the new Prime Minister in the UK? (03:41) A poisoned chalice? (07:57) Strong position to get wealth taxes (11:...

The world's fourth richest wants your taxes cut to 0. Why did he say this last week – and should we believe him? T-SHIRT: get the Tax Wealth Not Work t-shirt https://shop.garyseconomics.org/ Chapters (00:00) Intro (02:43) Why Bezos wants lower tax (06:34) His real argument (09:12) How they distract you (12:51) They think you’re stupid (14:04) Tax wealth not work (16:59) “Everyone hates governm...

Gabriel Zucman is the most important economist in the world today. And the one billionaires fear most. His wealth tax proposals have passed France's lower chamber of parliament – and will likely be signed into law in the coming years. Here's his advice for how we can tax the super rich more in the UK and other countries. CHAPTERS (00:00) Intro (02:57) Who is Gabriel Zucman? (07:14) Why uni...

Parties like Reform have a clear message on why living standards are collapsing. And this is why they're growing. If you want to stop them you have to reverse falling living standards. Chapters (00:00) Intro (02:21) Falling living standards are driving this (07:38) What’s happening in the UK? (09:19) Left and Centre need to unite (15:41) This is the last chance (17:14) You need to act now (21:...

Global stock markets are at all time highs. Gold has doubled and silver tripled in the last two years alone. What's behind these moves? Shouldn't economic crises like Iran be pushing asset prices down? Is now a good time to invest? (00:00) Intro (01:34) Global asset prices (03:45) How 2008 crisis pushed prices up (09:00) Do interest rates matter? (10:24) What COVID did (13:00) WHY asset pr...

Elections in the UK this week may change everything. With prediction markets saying Labour are facing wipeout, is Sir Keir Starmer about to resign? Who will take over? And what does that mean for the next general election? Gary sets out his predictions for the next week, year and 10 years in British politics. Help us get a lobbyist: join our Patreon or make a one-off donation . Chapters (00:00) In...

Help build our political power by supporting us on Patreon – https://patreon.com/garyseconomics Will AI make us all richer and more productive, or steal our jobs and impoverish us? The Industrial Revolution gives us clues about what could be about to happen. (00:00) Intro (04:58) Will AI decrease wages? (06:19) Will AI increase wages? (13:00) Luddites (16:17) The Industrial Revolution (24:50) Who...

Help us grow this channel by joining our Patreon – https://patreon.com/garyseconomics The elite think my economic analysis is wrong. They say wealth taxes are not the solution – and growing inequality isn't the biggest problem we face. But are they right? And have I been wrong the whole time? Chapters (00:00) Intro (01:12) What Rory Stewart said about me (04:04) Why people attack me (07:24) Wh...

UK and European politics have been dominated by centrist parties for hundreds of years. This is now changing rapidly. A recent election in Manchester shows us what might be about to happen across the UK, Europe and the rest of the world. Chapters (00:00) Intro (01:36) Betting market predictions (15:40) Who is going to win the next UK election? (17:31) 200 years of British politics is over (20:20)...

A massive energy crisis is heading our way from Iran and the Gulf. What can the government do to protect us? Can you do anything to protect yourself? Gary unpacks the economic consequences of the war. CHAPTERS (00:00) Intro (00:59) The basics (01:56) Interest rates (03:42) Government borrowing (04:59) What it means for you (06:01) How to you protect yourself (13:05) What can the government do? (17...

Understanding the past can help you shape the future. In the Victorian era technological innovation created massive new wealth, but it was concentrated in the hands of the few. Can we change things NOW to avoid the same desperate poverty most Victorians lived and died in? JOIN OUR PATREON GET MERCH ––––––––– What I talk about in this episode: (00:00) Intro(01:50) Ghosts of Christmas Past(06:00) Te...

Gary's back for one episode only. Here's what the UK Budget next week means for you, the economy and democracy. CHAPTERS (00:00) Intro (1:04) Raising taxes (04:30) UK government debt situation (09:12) Transfer of wealth to rich (13:22) Why aren’t they taxing the rich? (18:40) The elites don’t care (26:00) The death of democracy (28:32) What do you do? (31:15) Hope (33:08) Know your history (36:41)...

I'm wrapping things up for now. I'll be back in a few months. These are the other channels and orgs I think you should follow: Patriotic Millionaires UK's X Bold Politics with Zack Polanski's Youtube JimmyTheGiant's Youtube Meditations of an Anxious Mind's Youtube Forest Jar's Insta Anna Bocca's Youtube Barry's Economics's Youtube Louisa Munch's Tiktok N...

Labour refuse to acknowledge and deal with the rising tide of inequality in the UK. Will this doom them to fail, or can we get through to them? 👕 TAX WEALTH NOT WORK t-shirt: https://shop.garyseconomics.org/ (00:00) Intro (03:20) How they view the world (10:00) Why they won’t listen to me (24:20) They’re stuck in a bubble (26:50) Reform are the reckoning (30:35) Is Labour doomed to fail? (32:12)...

Is the Labour government failing to change anything because of bad choices – or because the economic situation makes them powerless to act? 👕 TAX WEALTH NOT WORK t-shirt available here: https://shop.garyseconomics.org/ –––––––– What Gary talks about in this episode: (00:00) Intro (01:13) Labour just unlucky? (04:22) Could they have fixed it? (06:50) Are they incompetent? (08:30) The centre is fai...

Is the UK unique in its housing crisis and expanding wealth inequality? How can we win a wealth tax? How do you convince working people to get behind green policies? Gary meets MP and co-leader of the New Zealand Green Party Chlöe Swarbrick. (00:00) Intro (02:01) Who is Chloe Swarbrick? (05:43) New Zealand’s economy (10:00) Wealth inequality in NZ (14:24) Wealth taxes globally (15:35) How do we wi...

The next four years in British politics will be turbulent. Here is what the markets are predicting. And what I think will happen. (00:00) intro (00:15) What are the odds? (04:15) Is the betting market wrong? (06:20) Trend to populist right (07:49) Labour’s position (09:05) Will Keir Starmer be replaced? (09:42) Labour will rebrand (11:35) How Labour could win (13:35) Labour and immigration (14:23)...

I made millions of pounds betting on economic destruction. Here's how I did it. How you could do it too. But also why it doesn't matter if your aim is to change anything politically. (00:00) Intro (03:14) Trading is economic forecasting (09:30) Being right when others are wrong (15:45) Identify one thing people are wrong about (17:15) Why I love trading (19:03) What good traders do (21:41)...

In times of crisis people are desperate for stories to explain why their lives are getting worse. This is why storytelling is the most important – but most ignored – aspect of politics right now. The far right offer a simple story, repeated over and over: it's the immigrants. The Trumps and Farages of the world are surging on the back of this simple, effective storytelling. What can liberals and t...

We're winning the wealth tax argument in the media: more and more people support the idea. But what would a wealth tax actually look like and would do we implement it? Is it even workable?

The economy is made up of real resources, and the people who produce and own them. Money is different. Money is supposed to represent these real things, but it often fails to. Focusing too much on money – and interest rates and monetary policy – blinds us to how the economy actually works. Gary explains why this is so important if we want to change anything. ––––––––––– Support us: we're making pr...