Rishi Sunak's taxes – the real story
The rich own everything, but they hide it in their tax returns.
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Premier épisode14/07/2020
Inflation will start falling. But your finances will still suck
Don't believe the media hype: inflation will fall but it won't make a big difference to your life.
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The government should tax the super rich and burn the money. Here's why
You could tax and burn the £700 billion given out in Covid and living standards would improve.
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You may not have noticed but your wages are falling
Compared to real assets like property, food and energy, wages in the UK have collapsed in the last 20 years – and it's accelerating.
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Is passive income the answer?
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)
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Why economic "growth" is stupid – and won't fix our problems
Growing the economy while inequality is surging will just make the rich even richer.
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How to get rich
Gary explains how you can get rich.
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Small towns and highstreets are dying because of growing inequality
How's your local high street doing? This is how inequality is reshaping our country.
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They're not measuring inflation properly
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 talking about the rising costs of things you buy in the shops, which i
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Why the rich keep getting richer
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 equality across the west. But rising inequality is back, unless we do somet
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Why are taxes so high?
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 video I explain why.
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How we can reverse the decline of our economy
The problem is ballooning wealth inequality. But what is the solution?
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Why Game Theory is broken
Economists have gotten game theory wrong for seventy years. Here's why.
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This is how you'll lose your house
Middle class families are getting poorer generation by generation. And the trend is accelerating.
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Rents, profits and interest are all the same thing. Here's why
Understand this and you'll understand how our economy really functions.
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The future of house prices
Gary explains how to understand interest rates – and how these influence house prices.
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My economic outlook: house prices, inflation and living standards
Gary analyses the economy over the past 6 months. And what he expects to happen next.
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How I lost faith in the economists who run the economy
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.
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We've designed our economic system to ensure your money devalues forever
Your money is decreasing in value all the time compared to real assets. Gary explains how to protect yourself from this currency devaluation.
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Your financial position is based on how much debt your parents took on
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
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We will lose the property owning middle class
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.
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My prediction for house prices, interest rates and inflation
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.
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What is the Asset Economy?
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.
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Why don't the government tax the rich more?
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 exp
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Flows of wealth: understand this and you'll understand the economy
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.
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I don't want you to trade – but if you do, listen to this first
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.
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How your life will be destroyed by the super rich
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.
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Are the richest people in the UK paying any tax?
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.
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Why "trickle down" economics doesn't work
Gary explains how the failed idea has fuelled a huge growth in inequality.
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What does Liz Truss's mini-budget disaster mean for the UK?
Gary reacts to the Truss government's mini-budget that crashed the markets.
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How much money do you need to be rich?
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.
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How the rich avoid tax – with Stephanie Brobbey
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 th
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Economists in the media have no idea what's going on
Economists in the media and universities have no idea what's going on. Here's why you shouldn't believe what they say.
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When does trading turn into gambling? With Matt Zarb-Cousin
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 t
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The economic crisis caused by Covid
Governments have responded to Covid by pumping huge amounts of money into the economy. But where has this money gone?
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Why are economists' predictions almost always wrong?
Economists love to make predictions in the media, but they're almost always wrong. Here's why.
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Basics of investing – and why you should buy a house as soon as you can
Gary explains why he thinks owning property is so important. And what he thinks about other types of investing.
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Why is housing so expensive?
House prices are rising faster than wages in major cities around the world. Why is this happening, and can we do anything about it?
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What would the economy look like if we fixed wealth inequality?
Gary shares his vision of what the economy could look like if we followed the ideas of John Maynard Keynes.
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What is wealth – and how does it differ from income?
"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 income – and why failing to tax wealth will lead to worsening inequality.
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My first video: How Covid makes the rich richer (and you poorer)
Coronavirus is having a huge affect on wealth distribution and inequality. Gary explains how it benefits the rich and hurts the poor.
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