Garys Economics

Garys Economics

Gary Stevenson – inequality economist, former trader and author of The Trading Game – explains how real world economics work.
The week Trump nearly crashed the world economy

The week Trump nearly crashed the world economy

The world just went totally mad. Here's what it means.

13 apr 2025 - 53 min 32 sek

 
They're teaching economics wrong – full interview with Ha-Joon Chang

They're teaching economics wrong – full interview with Ha-Joon Chang

Ha-Joon Chang is best selling author of '23 Things They Don't Tell You About Capitalism'. If you want to understand how our economic system is failing us, this is the economist to study.

6 apr 2025 - 50 min 22 sek

 
Special: Can tariffs make us rich? With Ha-Joon Chang

Special: Can tariffs make us rich? With Ha-Joon Chang

In the past, some countries – like South Korea, Britain and the US – have used tariffs to protect and foster nascent industries, and grow rich from the results. Can America s current experiment with protectionism work out the same way? Full conversation with Ha-Joon Chang out this Sunday.

3 apr 2025 - 10 min 35 sek

 
Why Labour is crushing your living standards

Why Labour is crushing your living standards

Behind the dry statistics of the Spring Statement is a bleak reality. The Labour government is doing austerity 2.0 in the UK. Here's why – and what you can do about it.

30 mar 2025 - 29 min 49 sek

 
Labour want to come on Gary’s Economics, should I let them?

Labour want to come on Gary’s Economics, should I let them?

We ve been approached by some Labour MPs who want to come on the channel – should we let them? Let us know in the comments.

23 mar 2025 - 16 min 35 sek

 
How to stop the economy from collapsing

How to stop the economy from collapsing

The problem is the rich are taking everything – and the rest of us are being impoverished. But what's the solution, and how do we achieve it?

16 mar 2025 - 46 min

 
Why isn't compound interest making us all rich?

Why isn't compound interest making us all rich?

Just let your wealth compound over time and you ll get rich, the advice goes. If true, why aren t more people millionaires?

9 mar 2025 - 23 min 55 sek

 
Understand the Economy Part 4: Inequality is driving everything

Understand the Economy Part 4: Inequality is driving everything

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.

2 mar 2025 - 27 min 51 sek

 
Who's getting rich from your mortgage?

Who's getting rich from your mortgage?

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

23 feb 2025 - 18 min 11 sek

 
Why the UK and US governments will both fail.

Why the UK and US governments will both fail.

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

16 feb 2025 - 25 min 19 sek