Podcast Episodes

Why our obsession with money is keeping us poor (and why changing interests rates won't make us richer)

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 mo…

Published on 4 months ago

Is the economy destroying our mental health?

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 an insecure economy?And does the feedback work b…

Published on 4 months, 1 week ago

How to convince your friends, family and networks to support wealth taxes. A step-by-step guide

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 dispell some of the common pushbacks. Here's how to do…

Published on 4 months, 2 weeks ago

They're about to tax you more. Why western governments will soon hammer you with tax rises

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 for other Western governments facing the same pr…

Published on 4 months, 3 weeks ago

How to take over your country using social media

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 in our countries.

Chapters:

(00:00) Introduction

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Published on 5 months ago

How do we fix the housing crisis?

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) Intro

(01:26) Why every city in the world has a housi…

Published on 5 months, 1 week ago

This is how we stop the UK from falling apart

The UK's political and economic situation is grim, caused by growing wealth inequality and mass impoverishment. Gary has one message for the Labour government: a wealth tax could start to reverse the…

Published on 5 months, 2 weeks ago

How close are we to winning higher taxes on the rich?

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 inviting Labour onto the channel or not. And discusses …

Published on 8 months, 1 week ago

The week Trump nearly crashed the world economy

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

Published on 8 months, 2 weeks ago

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.

Published on 8 months, 3 weeks ago