Garys Economics
Episodes
Are we living through a new Victorian era?
28 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Understanding the past can help you shape the present and the future. But which era of history has the most important lessons to teach us? Gary argues...
Is this Budget the end of UK democracy?
23 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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 tax...
Goodbye and Good Luck
19 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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 Million...
Is the Labour government finished?
12 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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?👕 TA...
Are Labour unlucky (or are they just rubbish)?
05 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Is the Labour government failing to change anything because of bad choices – or because the economic situation makes them powerless to act?👕 TAX ...
The first politician on Gary's Economics
28 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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 ...
Will Reform win the next UK election?
21 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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) ...
How to be the best trader in the world
14 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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 you...
Storytelling is how you win in politics now. This is why the far right is winning
07 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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 – b...
Is a wealth tax actually workable?
31 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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...
Why our obsession with money is keeping us poor (and why changing interests rates won't make us richer)
24 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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 thing...
Is the economy destroying our mental health?
17 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Worsening mental health outcomes are often spoken about as if they are the fault of the individual, but is insecure mental health a natural outcome of...
How to convince your friends, family and networks to support wealth taxes. A step-by-step guide
10 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The rich will take everything unless we start taxing them more. A wealth tax is the best way to do this. But we need to win over the public, and dispe...
They're about to tax you more. Why western governments will soon hammer you with tax rises
03 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The UK government will be forced to raise taxes in October to avoid financial instability. Who they choose to tax at this next Budget will beat a path...
How to take over your country using social media
27 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Alt right political movements have proven they take power using social media. Gary walks us through how we can use their rulebook to get what we want ...
How do we fix the housing crisis?
20 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Why are house prices in the UK so high? Here's how we can make housing affordable for ordinary people again.What I discuss in this episode:(00:00)...
This is how we stop the UK from falling apart
13 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The UK's political and economic situation is grim, caused by growing wealth inequality and mass impoverishment. Gary has one message for the Labou...
How close are we to winning higher taxes on the rich?
20 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this last video before a break, Gary asks: just how close we are to convincing the government to tax the rich more? And reveals whether he's in...
The week Trump nearly crashed the world economy
13 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The world just went totally mad. Here's what it means.
They're teaching economics wrong – full interview with Ha-Joon Chang
06 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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...
Special: Can tariffs make us rich? With Ha-Joon Chang
03 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In the past, some countries – like South Korea, Britain and the US – have used tariffs to protect and foster nascent industries, and grow rich fro...
Why Labour is crushing your living standards
30 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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 ...
Labour want to come on Gary’s Economics, should I let them?
23 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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.
How to stop the economy from collapsing
16 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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?
Why isn't compound interest making us all rich?
09 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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
02 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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 m...
Who's getting rich from your mortgage?
23 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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.
16 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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
09 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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
02 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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 ...
How very rich and powerful people think. What I learnt at Citibank
30 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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 h...
Understand the Economy Part 3: Why is Inequality Ignored?
26 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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 mislead...
What does Elon Musk want?
19 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
And why he is funding anti-immigrant parties.
Is the UK government bankrupt?
12 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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 film...
Everything You've Missed on the Economy
07 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Updating you on what's happened over the past 6 months. And what'll happen in 2025.
I'm back. Here's What We're Doing in 2025
29 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
I've been away but we're going to try to change things in 2025. Support Gary's Economics on Patreon.
How to live in a collapsing economy
18 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Everyone basically knows the economy is broken. The question is less and less how do we fix it, but how do we get through it. Gary talks to Robinson C...
What's next for me and this podcast?
11 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
An update from Gary.
Understand the Economy Part 2: What Is Wealth Inequality?
28 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
My in-depth course to help you understand the economy. PART 2 What Is Wealth Inequality?
Was I right? My predictions 4 years on
14 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This channel started 4 years ago today. Which of my predictions came true?
Will the rich leave the UK if you tax them more?
07 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
"They'll leave" is the most common response in the media if you suggest a wealth tax. But will they?
Understand the Economy Part 1: What is wealth?
30 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Introducing my new course on economics: PART 1 What is Wealth?
The issue I've been avoiding: immigration
23 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Immigration isn't the biggest problem facing working class people. Don't believe the media.
This is how I'm going to vote in the election
16 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
There's an election coming up, and the tories are going to lose. But don't get too excited, because I don't have much hope in Labour eithe...
How do we really grow investment in the UK?
09 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Are investments from rich people helping our economy to grow?
I want you to pay less tax
02 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Taxes pay for everything important. But I want the rich to pay more and you to pay less.
Rishi Sunak's taxes – the real story
26 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The rich own everything, but they hide it in their tax returns.
Inflation will start falling. But your finances will still suck
19 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Don't believe the media hype: inflation will fall but it won't make a big difference to your life.
The government should tax the super rich and burn the money. Here's why
12 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
You could tax and burn the £700 billion given out in Covid and living standards would improve.
You may not have noticed but your wages are falling
05 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Compared to real assets like property, food and energy, wages in the UK have collapsed in the last 20 years – and it's accelerating.
Is passive income the answer?
28 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
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)
Why economic "growth" is stupid – and won't fix our problems
21 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Growing the economy while inequality is surging will just make the rich even richer.
How to get rich
14 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Gary explains how you can get rich.
Small towns and highstreets are dying because of growing inequality
31 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
How's your local high street doing? This is how inequality is reshaping our country.
They're not measuring inflation properly
24 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
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 ...
Why the rich keep getting richer
17 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
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 equal...
Why are taxes so high?
10 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
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 vid...
How we can reverse the decline of our economy
03 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The problem is ballooning wealth inequality. But what is the solution?
Why Game Theory is broken
25 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Economists have gotten game theory wrong for seventy years. Here's why.
This is how you'll lose your house
18 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Middle class families are getting poorer generation by generation. And the trend is accelerating.
Rents, profits and interest are all the same thing. Here's why
21 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Understand this and you'll understand how our economy really functions.
The future of house prices
07 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Gary explains how to understand interest rates – and how these influence house prices.
My economic outlook: house prices, inflation and living standards
31 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Gary analyses the economy over the past 6 months. And what he expects to happen next.
How I lost faith in the economists who run the economy
11 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Economists in central banks, government, universities and the media have done a phenomenally poor job of managing the economy over the last 20 years. ...
We've designed our economic system to ensure your money devalues forever
21 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Your money is decreasing in value all the time compared to real assets. Gary explains how to protect yourself from this currency devaluation.
Your financial position is based on how much debt your parents took on
14 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
We're in a strange economic situation where those in families who took on huge amounts of debt to buy houses have been massively rewarded from sur...
We will lose the property owning middle class
30 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
If nothing changes and the rich continue taking all their assets, we will lose the middle class in the UK in the next 30-40 years.
My prediction for house prices, interest rates and inflation
09 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Housing affects everyone, even if you don't own any. Gary explains what pushes house prices up over time. And what he expects to happen to house p...
What is the Asset Economy?
12 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
We've moved into a new type of economy where the work you do cannot transform your economic situation in the way it used to. Welcome to the Asset ...
Why don't the government tax the rich more?
05 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The reason goes a lot deeper than simply there are bunch of rich people in government like Rishi Sunak and Jeremy Hunt. The reticence to tax the rich ...
Flows of wealth: understand this and you'll understand the economy
15 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Understanding how wealth moves around the economy allowed me to successfully predict how major crises like the 2008 financial crisis and the Covid cri...
I don't want you to trade – but if you do, listen to this first
18 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Most people lose all of their money trading. You're competing against full-time professionals who are there to take your money. If you do decide t...
How your life will be destroyed by the super rich
20 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
What we're witnessing in slow motion is the death of the UK's middle class, as the super rich accumulate all of their assets. Gary explains ho...
Are the richest people in the UK paying any tax?
13 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
You've been misled to think that the richest pay the most tax. They don't. Gary explains how our tax system is set up to tax income, not wealt...
Why "trickle down" economics doesn't work
09 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Gary explains how the failed idea has fuelled a huge growth in inequality.
What does Liz Truss's mini-budget disaster mean for the UK?
02 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Gary reacts to the Truss government's mini-budget that crashed the markets.
How much money do you need to be rich?
07 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
What does it take to be rich in 2022? Gary unpacks what being rich looks like – and why you should pay more tax if you fall into the category.
How the rich avoid tax – with Stephanie Brobbey
22 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Stephanie Brobbey, a former private wealth lawyer, has seen up close how the rich reduce the amount of tax they pay. She talks to Gary about why she l...
Economists in the media have no idea what's going on
22 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Economists in the media and universities have no idea what's going on. Here's why you shouldn't believe what they say.
When does trading turn into gambling? With Matt Zarb-Cousin
27 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
There's been a huge increase in online trading over the past two years. For many people this has led to financial losses, and gambling addictions....
The economic crisis caused by Covid
06 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Governments have responded to Covid by pumping huge amounts of money into the economy. But where has this money gone?
Why are economists' predictions almost always wrong?
26 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Economists love to make predictions in the media, but they're almost always wrong. Here's why.
Basics of investing – and why you should buy a house as soon as you can
19 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Gary explains why he thinks owning property is so important. And what he thinks about other types of investing.
Why is housing so expensive?
01 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
House prices are rising faster than wages in major cities around the world. Why is this happening, and can we do anything about it?
What would the economy look like if we fixed wealth inequality?
07 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Gary shares his vision of what the economy could look like if we followed the ideas of John Maynard Keynes.
What is wealth – and how does it differ from income?
21 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
"If you were born poor you will die poorand if you were born rich you will die richer." Gary explains the difference between wealth and inco...
My first video: How Covid makes the rich richer (and you poorer)
14 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Coronavirus is having a huge affect on wealth distribution and inequality. Gary explains how it benefits the rich and hurts the poor.