Episodes
Understand this and you'll understand how our economy really functions.
Published 01/21/24
Gary explains how to understand interest rates – and how these influence house prices.
Published 01/07/24
Gary analyses the economy over the past 6 months. And what he expects to happen next.
Published 12/31/23
Economists in central banks, government, universities and the media have done a phenomenally poor job of managing the economy over the last 20 years. Gary explains why he thinks that is.
Published 06/11/23
Your money is decreasing in value all the time compared to real assets. Gary explains how to protect yourself from this currency devaluation.
Published 05/21/23
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 surging prices. Gary explains how debt is a form of ownership. And how to benefit from this.
Published 05/14/23
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.
Published 04/30/23
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 prices, interest rates and inflation in the coming years.
Published 04/09/23
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 Economy.
Published 03/12/23
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 stems from the bankruptcy of an entire profession: economics. Gary explains why.
Published 03/05/23
Understanding how wealth moves around the economy allowed me to successfully predict how major crises like the 2008 financial crisis and the Covid crisis would affect the economy.
Published 01/15/23
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 to trade, however, listen to these tips first.
Published 12/18/22
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 how we got here. And what we can do about it.
Published 11/20/22
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 wealth – and therefore how it misses the really rich people in the UK.
Published 11/13/22
Gary explains how the failed idea has fuelled a huge growth in inequality.
Published 10/09/22
Gary reacts to the Truss government's mini-budget that crashed the markets.
Published 10/02/22
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.
Published 09/07/22
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 left the wealth management industry. "There are more food banks than McDonald's in the UK. When I heard that I just thought: I can't continue being part of this system which is essentially designed to keep concentrating wealth and minimizing tax." Follow Stephanie on Twitter: https://twitter.com/steph_brobbey
Published 08/22/22
Economists in the media and universities have no idea what's going on. Here's why you shouldn't believe what they say.
Published 05/22/22
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. Gary talks to gambling expert and campaigner Matt Zarb-Cousin about the risk of addiction, and how people can keep themselves, and their money, safe
Published 03/27/22
Governments have responded to Covid by pumping huge amounts of money into the economy. But where has this money gone?
Published 03/06/22
Economists love to make predictions in the media, but they're almost always wrong. Here's why.
Published 12/26/21
Gary explains why he thinks owning property is so important. And what he thinks about other types of investing.
Published 12/19/21
House prices are rising faster than wages in major cities around the world. Why is this happening, and can we do anything about it?
Published 08/01/21
Gary shares his vision of what the economy could look like if we followed the ideas of John Maynard Keynes.
Published 06/07/21