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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?
1 year, 4 months ago
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 ma…
1 year, 4 months ago
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.
1 year, 4 months ago
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.
1 year, 5 months ago
Why is the alt-right so attractive to young men? With Jimmy the Giant
Gary talks to Jimmy the Giant – and how he realised the far-right have no answers.
1 year, 5 months ago
How to stop the rich from taking your house
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…
1 year, 5 months ago
How very rich and powerful people think. What I learnt at Citibank
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 ho…
1 year, 5 months ago
Understand the Economy Part 3: Why is Inequality Ignored?
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 mislea…
1 year, 5 months ago
What does Elon Musk want?
And why he is funding anti-immigrant parties.
1 year, 6 months ago
Is the UK government bankrupt?
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 fil…
1 year, 6 months ago