I am 70yrs of age, I want YOU - Gary to know that I thank you from the bottom of my heart for the work you do. If only people would listen? If only governments were honest and had the balls to listen to YOU and others. Thank You Gary, take care soak up support and hold on to friends... Hold on tight to your dreams... I have been fighting the fight against inequality all my working life - it does have a profound impact upon a person... but we must simply remember we must do the Right Thing.
Thank you for giving me hope that people of your generation and standing do care about young people today getting more from life than we’re currently being given ❤
I’m 63. My dad worked all his life for a very small amount, quite often working two jobs, so that he could provide a tiny amount for his family, and had to retire at the age of 52 because of ilI-health. He died at the age of 64, just a few months before the birth of his first grandchild. He also fought all his life for equality. This was 1994 and things have got much, much worse I’m afraid. Keep going with this Gary: we need you and others like you.
I'm 66 totally support your comment 70 year old. Manager for @garyseconomics encourage Gary to contact me about turning his work into a hands on movement for making change from the grass roots all over the UK from the middle of communities, based in the revival of the British public house. Act not talk
Ask your MP to tax the "Super-rich". Here's a template email to send to your local MP. taxjustice.eaction.org.uk/taxthesuperrich?fbclid=IwY2xjawEu4qlleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHc0mdmCi-2lrQh3my85mlxG2VxipY86dfQUgSThprDVxR38alpFnEDPpMw_aem_dWxLwb_u93PdSNJhXjORDg
He wouldn't accept the comparison, but he is like our generation's Richard Wolff. I love Rich, but time marches on. Which is why we are so lucky to have those like Gary out here, who will keep the fire in our hearts burning bright; fueled with truth, rationality, and compassionate concepts for creating equality.
Gary very correctly identifies what's wrong with the economy and society. It's obvious when you think about it, Trickle down was a lie, Thatcher should have called it trickle away. What to do about it is more difficult. All that wealth buys power, it buys governments and anyone who tries to stop it or change it is shot down, see Jeremy Corbyn. I have spent a life time pushing democratic socialism and it hasn't worked. There is nothing wrong with socialism it's democracy that doesn't work anymore. Keep up the good work Gary but if I can ask one thing of you it's this, we now know what the problem is can you work on how to fix it? I'm all out of ideas.
HE IS. His greatest achievement is getting this message to go mainstream. I wrote a book on this is 2020, its by a very long way my worst-selling book. As he says about his website - no one was interested. You have to be a driven man, this has to be your calling in life, your vocation to make this a "thing" in the mainstream. I can imagine he is totally shattered.
Hey Gary, I recently found your channel and been listening a lot to what you say. I come from Poland (working class family) - typical dad builder and mum working in McDonald's. I came here at 17, got a crappy degree, got myself in debt for it and now been working here for 5 years saving for that first house....yes that "British Dream". 5 years of working, saving money - not going on holidays, not buying myself things and staying at home with parents till 30 just to be able to afford to be a slave to a mortgage one day. This system is truly broken and thank you for speaking out and fighting our corner. Much Respect, keep the good fight!
Man this is the most genuine video I’ve ever watched. As far as philosophy goes, this is the least pretentious, most from the heart language I’ve come across. You are a true leader, respect man.
Mad Garry seen the other side of the fence and jumped back over to try help people. How many of us would have lived on in comfort and ease in his position? Instead he's out here trying to effect positive change. A rare breed.
@@Valiyus Game theory at work. Both parties (individual and society) would benefit most if we collaborated and helped each other. However that can often be difficult to see or believe in. So the lesser value of acting selfish seems more appealing because it’s immediate and obvious. The net effect of course is the detriment of society. We see it most with the wealthy by accumulating most of the assets. But it happens to every folks too, by being jaded and not helping each other out.
The unfortunate reality is that, in the current status quo, it’s challenging for individuals to break free from the mainstream tide. True change is often sparked by seeing positive transformations around us; until then, stagnation prevails. However, platforms like "Gary Economics" provide a valuable opportunity for us to strategically position ourselves for the challenges that lie ahead.
Hi Gary. I'm from Hong Kong and I never left any commment on youtube before untill now. I will admit I was one of the "nice kid" you mentioned who lives in a nice home, have a nice meal but did nth to help, but I'm also now one of the kid who are struggling to keep our family house. Please dont lose hope, because you are our hope.
Hi Gary. I come from Newham and grew up in dirt poor. Saved by the welfare state, we got a council house when we were flooded out of our private rented flat - long story. My dad had ambitions for me to be a teacher or a nurse; the highest ambition for a girl in the 1970s! I found it really hard to leave friends behind and baulked against it but I buckled down and became a teacher. I found I had a small talent for the work and a big burning desire to give kids opportunity and rich experiences. I was a headteacher in Newham and Redbridge for 25 years, a teacher for 39 years. Thank you for what you’re doing. The days of kids like me being saved by free uni and council housing has gone. We have the fight of our lives ahead as society begins to collapse. The only way forward is radical transformation for the greater good.
Hello Gary. You suggest taxing the rich in a lot of your videos, which i agree with. But if that were to become a reality, would we not then be dependent on the powers that be, too do right with the the extra monies such a plan might realise. As in ring fencing it for the greater good. IE Schools, Hospitals, Houseing and so on. Opposed to pouring the money into over priced, and under funded, so called vanity projects. Where nobody wins, everyone loses. But the powers that be, get their name in lights, if only for a few moments. Regards. Shane Brennan.
It's now down to parents like me on a low income saving every penny I can to help my children who are top students to get to uni. I have had to sacrifice my own ambitions for this. ❤
Hi Carol, I'm also from Newham and unfortunately there wasn't any suitable council housing left for people like me because it has all been taken by non-natives. Perhaps in your role as a teacher you also realised that the people replacing the native population overwhelmingly changed the fabric of the society. That using immigration to prop up a failing service economy puts immense strain on council housing and social services. Also, that changing the demographics of a population makes the people less divided and able to tackle the systemic issues that make the average person poorer. Gary doesn't address this because he's a traitor to the indigenous people and wants to entertain endless kebab shops full of people who shouldn't morally or legally be here
even in the great depression most families had a family to support each other, a house with a yard they could plant food and a river they could fish at. we literally have no choice but to rely on money
@@Daniel-Deshaun Yes, the FAMILY has been undermined by government interventions, benefits and services that FAMILY provided in past generations. Government has gone beyond being the “lender of last resort” and the social safety net. We’ve been weakened. We’re meant to live in a community that knows each other, is accountable to each other and responds voluntarily to each other as circumstances change.
@@margyrowland the welfare state doesn't exist but so far the poor laws haven't yet been reinstated. Being poor will be made illegal. We will be lucky to be serfs.
I think the dust bowl put paid to that though didn't it. Because no one could grow anything at all. Plenty of people became economic migrants and moved to the city to do very unskilled work and very poorly paid work and those were the ones who survived and didn't die on the journey, and the economy recovered in time because the government taxed the wealthy and put in place a welfare system that made the very exploitable a bit less exploitable.. but yeah i think what was needed then was the same as now tbh
"what does it mean? What would you do?" Bro, I don't know but I do know this is an amazingly poignant testimony that speaks to the reasons why society is crumbling under the weight of systemic, compound inequity. Rest up Gary, and take care.
Every 10 years people say this same thing. Capitalism advances and brings people out of poverty. Life gets better for everyone if you just glance back in history. There is always something to worry about or complain about.
@@stevetaylor20 Capitalism is profligate. Resources, skills and dignity are sacrificed at the alter of the church of money. You are correct that the measured aspects of economy continue to improve, but the truth is that all that matters cannot be measured. Additionally, the metrology is changed, in order to ensure the expected. The losses endured as capitalism washes away culture and tradition for a new generation of desire and consumption are never considered, and even more rarely recorded on the balance sheet. The losses are only glimpsed when we reminisce through the rose tinted sentimentality of rememberence. It is true, amongst many 'advances', that the world has greater sanitation and that infant mortality for some is reduced, but the depths of the depravity have become deeper, more concentrated and of diminished interest to the majority. Capitalism is a conspiracy of ignorance where nobody is prepared to acknowledge the obviousness of the dysfunction. Remember that some people who work hard succeed. Forget that most who work hard will just have to keep on working hard. Not because they are less able, but simply because they are less lucky or less privileged, and less wealthy. Marx saw this happening over 100 years ago. The futile and corrupt attempts to implement his ideas since, serve as the ammunition to shoot the ideas down. The truth is that wealth inequality is unsustainable, as are many of the currently accepted paradigms of human existence. Unfortunately, it is only catastrophe which is likely to bring about meaningful change, when a 'needs based' assessment of resource distribution will necessarily evolve in order to right the imbalance.
Oh Gary this was magnificent. I am 80 now and have known relative poverty for most of my life. But for some reason I never really looked for more. Maths was never my thing, more of an artist, writer, poet, so maybe that's why. You have a brilliant mind, and more than that, a big heart. You care. and that's what is important at times like this, at any time really. The Buddhist concept of "Be Kind" needs to be spread far and wide for, as your Japanese friend said, the rich people have small hearts. Even though you had money, you were not comfortable with it, and that says everything about you. I wish you every success in all you do because you deserve it, though I know that doesn't always follow. Thank you so much for what are doing. I'm crying now as I write this just because your words move me so much. Know that some of us at least, really appreciate you, maybe more than you know.
Be Kind is the last thing we should be spreading - Hitler was being kind when he killed the Jews, Stalin was being kind when he mudered the Ukrainians, and Mao was being kind when he killed tens of millions of Chinese. In fact there hasn't been a despot in history who hasn't been able to do what they did without convincing themselves and the people that they were being 'Kind'. Be Fair is a better principle and be honest as well.
@@flakieflake9616 there was nothing kind about what those despots did. Nor did they think so. To be kind means being kind to everyone, and all life, not just the people you favour.
@@christinestromberg4057 Yes Christine they did think so, and it's well documented history. Their reasoning is different in each case but no leader ever does anything telling the people they are evil and are going to do evil things to them, they convince the people they are being 'kind'. People used to know this and would say "the road to hell is paved with good intention" Has the Lefts new morality stripped this from your memory?
20:00 "if you stick around to save him, then who sticks around to save you?" Gary puts it perfectly. This is why we need to change the system, so no one is forced to make this kind of impossible choice.
But how do we change the system. I read the wikipedia definition of the US constitution, the only people that could change "the system" are part of the system. Everything that would be needed to change the system are known and have been said repeatedly on Ytube videos going back at least 10-15 years. A revolution or a civil war in the US would be a complete disaster for everyone but those with lear jets. In the french revolution if king louie and marie had a lear jet they would have kept their heads. Plus disruption in the US with the reserve currency would tank the world economy, and there would probably be EVEN more global conflict than there is right know, there are videos out there about all the global conflict going on now none of which is even mentioned on main stream media.
"change the system" > DAO´s and transparent collective ownership. This round of monopoly is coming to an end and when people have enoth eventualy extremist partys will be voted that disown the billionairs and then they will hate themselfs for exploiting the system to the breakingpoint.
Amazing speech Gary. I’m from Hong Kong and after 2008 we have experienced exactly the inequality you are communicating in this channel, ranking the most expensive asset market in the world for many years. It was after a society uprising (which ended badly with authoritarian crackdown) and the pandemic that we finally see a drop in housing prices. But the cost is immense and heartbreaking. I agree ignorance is the driving force for evil, and I really appreciate your advocacy. Please take good rest and continue to inspire and enlighten us when you are better!
Clicked on this fully expecting for it to be a clickbait title, and was dismayed to learn that it's not. It's evident in Gary's body language and tone that this is a delicate subject matter. Although a burdensome theme, the storytelling aspect of it was exceptional. "What do you think? What would you do?". A grounding mantra, almost rhetorical -- begging a question of morality. Gary's insight points to a top-down moral bankruptcy that's taking us all towards grave consequences. Nobody (rich or poor) is exempt from the karmic scales of the universe. Thank you, Gary, for doing everything in your power to reach us with this message. Keep up the tremendous work!
The waste of human potential in this country due to inequality of opportunity is enraging. I am from a similar background to Gary, but I didn't have his work ethic as a kid. I never knew anyone who aspired to anything, had never met anyone who had a job other than lifting and shifting, I didn't even know what good jobs were let alone how to get one. My school was more like an out of control prison; anyone showing signs of ambition or intelligence were mercilessly bullied. I didn't do any work at all at school and my education results were a joke as a result. It took me until much later in life to acknowledge my high intelligence and squandered potential, and to understand just how little intelligence or hard work is required from the middle classes for them to sustain their wealth and privilege. I'm glad Gary made it but my heart breaks for the rest of us.
@@TheSpoovy I would have your story but I got out back to my city of birth, Vancouver, 40 years ago. Gave me a chance I never would have had should I stayed in England. I'm so sad for the good people, salt of the earth, born into the trap of inequality and class systems.
It is not too late. Maybe you won't reach the same heights but you can still be further along than where you find yourself now,if you want it of course. It has to be a conscious decision to make the change and develop your skill set
I didn't have a supportive network needed to succeed but I'm not giving up. I'm about 14 years late but I will get there. I won't be as wealthy, but I will get there.
I remember as kids on the block they would run to see speed limiter on tourist cars parked on the street and I would think: "what's the point when you will never own one". With zero prospects, there is zero ambition as a result.
"understand just how little intelligence or hard work is required from the middle classes for them to sustain their wealth and privilege" Huh? What wealth and privilege? "Middle class" barely even means anything.
As 66 year old poor boy I recognise your life story and your conclusions. Thanks for putting it into word's. Have a brilliant holiday and come back revitalised and keep pushing your message. If I were younger I'd join you in pushing the message, but my health restricts me. But I wholeheartedly support you. And swearing is just our learn way of expressing ourselves don't loose it as it reminds other's you really mean what you say.
@@garyseconomicsWe need you in the USA. I’m 70 in December and live in my car. I dream about an off-grid Sprinter vehicle, not a house. I was approved for section 8 hud housing, moved into apartment March 2024. Escaped on advice of pro-bono (free) lawyer Nov 2024 because of an overwhelming insect infestation of my apt, body, car that started Aug 28 from common shared laundry. Building had rats, bedbugs, black mold, no maintenance of grounds, total decades of neglect by slumlords yet Section 8 hud housing would not back me up. They pay the slumlords (Mahboob family) $3000US a month for a basic 1/1 apt. The family has gotten wealthy from USA hud housing and veterans administration rental payments. My one building had 12-units and they own more rental properties. I contacted city agencies and got zero help. I started to realize they must be bribed or corrupt. I broke my 12 month lease and now I’m the criminal. Apt has been rented to a homeless veteran. I feel sorry for him. I suffered horribly and got absolutely no help or empathy from anyone in the govt agencies who made the slumlords wealthy.😢 Santa Barbara, Ca. Home of Harry and Meghan. My hometown.😢
Hey Gary. I'm a college student in America. Earlier this year I had to write a 10 page essay for school on the book 1984. I ended up writing about the economic inequality in America. This was the first time I became passionate about something school related. I learned about everything you're talking about; being from America our inequality is even worse. I became so enthralled over the severity of the situation and the fact that I had never really been aware of how bad it was. I was born in one of Africa's poorest countries, Ethiopia, but was adopted into a wealthy American family. All of this accumulated in my decision to study economics at university. I ended up dropping my economics class because of what you describe; it was all graphs and maths and had nothing to do with the actual economy. I'm now pursuing political science in the hope that I can learn enough about the political and economic systems of the world to change it. I want to fight; hopefully and maybe someday I could help you in this goal.
Don't usually make UA-cam comments, but this was an extraordinary talk. As someone who only recently has started to notice the state of the current economy, this isn't talked about enough. Thank you for speaking about it and as long as you continue to do so more people will realise and start to care. Thank you Gary.
I was a child that had opportunity after opportunity my whole life, but for some reason I didn’t try hard or take those opportunities. I fell into what you might call a “bad” crowd. Basically my friends were just poor and had nothing, but were nice to me so I hung around with them. No matter how hard I tried to self destruct my own life, no matter how much trouble I got into, I still managed to get a decent job in insurance at 18 thanks to who my dad was. I did everything in my power to try and throw that job away but I was never sacked, because of my dad. Eventually around 24 years old I woke up and decided to start trying. By this time all the poor kids I was friends were drug addicts, homeless, dead, or in prison. Im under no illusion that the only reason that didn’t happen to me is because I am from a richer family. That’s why I feel passionately the gap between rich and poor needs to be closed. Get this speech played in every secondary school in the country. Adults have selective hearing, let’s start shaping the minds of the children who will listen. Tax the ridiculously wealthy.
We need a “middle” class, not just desperately poor or Uber rich. We need to use the principle “teach them to fish” not just to take…. We should morally give when possible, but feel free to say no when necessary. I agree with much of what Gary said and I do not consider myself leftist. I grew up w/o, worked hard, learned life is “not always fair” and believe in self determination as much as possibly, but also with great gifts come great responsibilities (not necessarily always financial).
These days, learning to fish is hardly enough. Gary has made that point. Even being a master fisherman is weak compared to the guy who owns the ocean. Recently, that guy has also bought your boat, and will soon own your rod. That’s where we are.
That was the best Sunday morning sermon, Gary. That ‘wealth’ you made as a trader has turned into genuine wealth and made you the philosopher and preacher that we all need in these times. Be well and pedal strongly.
As a student of International Relations at a ‘prestigious’ UK university, your point about choosing between knowledge and ‘networking’, or ‘saying the right thing’ on exams really resonates! Thanks for all the work you do! 🤘
This man and his message needs a bigger platform, we need to start holding our government accountable and start moving in the direction of wealth equality before societal collapse goes too far
If you want a habitable planet and comfortable life, we can't leave the economy under private control. The internet and computers, arguably the most significant creations of the 20th century, only happened because of goverbment-directed investing of resources. The only innovation coming from the private sector is developing new ways to run the same scam.
Nature will eventually correct the balance, it’s just not bad enough yet. Throughout history revolution happens when the poor suffer, then wealthy people wont have a nice world to live in. The super rich have a choice, do the right thing or it will be done anyway.
I get goosebumps every time I listen to you. If you, having such an exposure to how corrupt and greed stricken we are as humans, can be depressed, imagine how I feel, living in one of the world’s poorest nations. You’ve giving me a new perspective on the meaning of life itself. I’m grateful
I hope this gets millions of views, for the sake of all of society I hope people are listening. If we don’t fix the broken system, then inequality can only end in one way, collapse, wars, chaos. Wake up people
Inequality is a natural outcome of fiat currency systems. Our government has spent beyond it's means and this necessitates accelerating money supply (inflation)...or default. If our money didn't exponentially devalue and the gains from productivity were shared fairly, widening inequality would be a non-issue. Gary misdiagnoses the route cause and prescribes socialism as the solution. It's remarkably misguided, you need only look to emerging economies to know how that plays out!
@davidd4365 that sounds like the same thing though. Hes just talking about how wealthy people are able to take advantage of the system structured in that way because they have more money to leverage and there is a high entry barrier
@@davidd4365 no, the government has not spent “beyond its means,” because that’s an arbitrary concept as far as a fiat currency goes. Taxes regulate supply of a fiat currency, which is where the value is derived from (controlling circulation). As Gary has mentioned before, the money flows upwards, there is no trickle down, that is why taxing the rich is the only answer. Redistribution will only occur by mandating maximum levels of salary disparity between upper level and those below, and raising minimum wage. This education is only beneficial up to a point, because no one that will hear this will ever have the power or influence to change it, so the necessary next step is to provide education on understanding markets. Without that, this is just mental masturbation.
When you've struggled as a kid, you see the world differently. I came from a dirt poor family. My boyfriend comes from a comfortable family, often used to scoff when I'd point out socio economic stresses on the population, he doesn't see the patterns, he's never needed to watch for them. Our lived experiences are very different. He makes a lot more money than I do, but manages to spend it all. I have a chunk saved, and live frugally because I know what it's like to face homelessness and debt. Managed to work my way out of a very tough spot before I met him. He's always astonished I give money to charity, donate my time, pay attention to my community, the world. I find it odd he doesn't. Thank you Gary, for all you're doing, and who you are.
am 51 and you have just reminded me of the good old days. My parents loved us. There was 4 of us and we would all wait at the window for our mam to come home from potato picking , she would be so tired and her back was broken with bending alday, she did this every year to make sure all her children had an incredible Christmas and we did…you can’t buy the true love from your parents..
Gary!!!! That was the most compelling speech I have ever heard. You powerful to make an impact in this world. Your compassion and selflessness is refreshing. Keep fighting the good fight - your purpose is clear, you’ve won already.
I am a Retail Futures Trader and the collapsing economy is why I turned to day trading. I didn't see a path forward working a normal job, i really want to help fix these issues as well. This was the Easiest 53 minute speech ive listened to in a while. So relevant and engaging compared to all of that other garbage out there.
Are you trading on the mindset of intrrest rates being lowered and assets continuing to rise in price? Trying to make sense how someone can trade with their knowledge of how things are going to go and continue to make enough to live on
Thank you from Liverpool, I was at your water stones tour, I remember you saying all people wanted was some authenticity and you definitely have that. Thank you for everything you do Gary, enjoy your holiday in Japan.
I traveled through the journey with you as you made the presentation, it was really touching. The sad part about this world is that we can't save everybody, but we can make a difference and touch many lives.
Just came from your Inside Edition interview. I had a mental breakdown in 2019 during my Bachelor of Finance because I was having the same experience you discussed of seeing what is happening and everyone saying yes we see it but not understanding what they were saying. The relief I'm feeling right now is unspeakable. Finding another person with the same goal and reference point.
I'm another one of those people who don't post comments, but I'm deeply moved by you and your message, Gary. In a world where power shapes truth and reality - where power protects itself at the expense of others, where lies, deceit and selfishness are common trade, where decadence is rife - it's rarely good reason, honesty, or even good values that rise above it. People won't listen to that. What they do listen to, is a story. A good story. A story that has the power to capture the imagination of the collective, to inspire, to give hope, to show the power of an individual's voice in a world that overshadows the masses, in a world that grinds down the many for the few. Your story does that. For me, and for many others. We're lucky, to have individuals like you to look up to, the few that speak for the many, the ones who endure in the face of the impossible. You're a light in a dark world, Gary. It means a great deal to me, that there are still lights out there like yours. In a world where greed is good, having a conscience does make you crazy. From the bottom of my heart, thank you. Anyway, I hope you're having a great time out in Japan man. Life's there to enjoy too, and you deserve it
People who talk against you are not capitalist but probably crony capitalism/ supporting oligarchs.... You are such a gifted teacher! Keep up the good work of educating common man!
What you do, is exactly what YOU, Gary are doing. Real Talk. Mad Respect from right down here in New Zealand. Yep, YOUR message is spreading. As far as it can go. We CAN do something. We do HAVE to.
Brilliant Gary - thanks. Speaking out might or might not lead to change. Keeping quiet means condoning what we know is wrong and living with that in our hearts...
The inequality also makes the class divide even worse, and there is a feeling of shame especially as a man for not being able to provide for your children and your partner. Walking around London you are also constantly reminded that you arent where you need to be to even feel accepted. I can only see this getting worse unfortunately.
Making your life as a worker so precarious is great for capitalist bosses. They scare you with the threat of the sack if you don't accept the crappy pay and conditions. And then they make you indebted just trying to get by with the basics. Now that they have captured the so-called "Labour party", the only way to fight back is collectively through a trade union - the more militant, the better.
@rjflores438 don't worry you'll all be equal soon. Equal like Cambodians, Venezuelans, Colombians, Cubans, East Germans, Hungarians, Poles, Czechs, Chinese, Soviets etc etc etc. Your CBDC will see to your equality. You'll own nothing, they'll own everything and you'd better be happy tracked, controlled, censored or you'll be dispensed with. But you'll be 'equal' which seems to be your primary concern.
I am not a reading person never bought a book in the last 15 years let alone read any, yet I bought this man’s book after watching two of his podcasts. This man speaks wisdom and echoes facts, things that were in front of our eyes happening yet we never noticed them. I wish if I can do something in return for your help Gary it really weighs heavy on me. You truly saved us. Thank you man
Wisdom? Britain was once a world leader in industry, celebrated as the 'workshop of the world.' Its citizens were wealthy owners of factories, steelworks, potteries, and textile mills-a time of old money. I still have a few items stamped 'Made in England,' and they make me smile, a reminder of a bygone era. But things changed. In the 1970s, high taxes drained wealth from citizens, while strikes and poor industrial relations disrupted the workplace. One politician famously declared, 'tax the rich until the pips squeak.' Many of Britain’s brightest workers left the country. So, what happened to that wealth and those once-great industries? Gone. And what did the government do with those taxes? Much went to propping up failing companies, with little left to stimulate real growth. Taxation, can destroy capital to start business. Consider fibre optics. Developed in Britain to transmit voice and data, this technology underpins the internet as we know it. A single strand of fibre optic cable can carry data more efficiently than thousands of copper cables and does so without the signal degradation that would require hundreds of repeaters. Yet the British companies that pioneered this innovation have disappeared. Modern society was built on countless such breakthroughs. The UK missed out on the tech and internet booms. Today, it seems Britain's main expertise lies in inventing new ways to tax its citizens. Gary, talk about the rich, but are these rich industrialist in Britain? Most of the new rich are the Americans, Chinese etc... Britain's rich are lagging behind. James Dyson is worth £20bn. Compare that with the American's billionaire who are worth $200billion where that would be small change. Britain has shown contempt to James Dyson, who is a self-made man. His father dies when he was a school boy.
Wow... Unbelievable. I cang believe how down to earth, real and human this speech is. It motivates and invigorates the fire within me to raise human consciousness. This is just needed in the world. Everybody needs to stand up. If everybody doesnt stand up, it all collapses
Just finished your book Gary - a brilliant read, brilliantly written. Some bits had me howling laughing, some pulling my hair out, others left me exhausted! It should definitely be made into a movie, "Rupert" might even be this generation's Patrick Bateman. It's been so eye opening since I found your channel last week, I must have watched 20 of your videos as well as rattling through your book the past few nights. Thanks for your videos, your message, and for bringing to light this imminent threat to the British people, and making us aware of something so blatant, hidden right under our noses. Good man Gary. We can get there. We have to get there.
I don't honestly think that Keir Starmer would understand any of that. Happy for him to prove me wrong. I like being proven wrong. Not a political comment as there are very few in the Tory Party that would either. What does it mean to be human is the question for the human race at the moment. What does it mean? Gary is one in a million, he is equipped to see our problems from every angle; economic, socially and morally. All I really know is that we should listen to him before it's too late and inequality destroys humanity.
He can only give more to the poor at the cost of the little less poor but without touching the rich. It’s hardly a “solution”. U.K. is a two class society, benefits claimants and the rich - the rest pays for both while working the most and having little to show for it.
@@10secondsrule NO - its much bigger scale than that and Starmer cant fix it sadly. Neoliberal economics is at and end. Every company will go the way of Beoing and Thems Water - so financialised and corrupted they can no longer do the basic functions no matter how much money you throw at them.
@@rogerwredford They don't need to ban voting when the wealthy media barons can veto any option they don't like on the ballot by smearing them. It's a managed democracy. See "The Crisis of Democracy" published by the Trilateral Commission (which Keir Starmer happens to be a member of).
This really resonated with me as someone who also grew up poor and am now surrounded by millionaires at work (in tech). Thank you for changing my perspective on things I see around me and my role in society. I would love get involved in movement.
@@KwaddyK I feel the same way. Working in tech and seeing nepotism and favoritism everyday. It makes it hard to interface with them socially because they're so far separated from your upbringing.
@@KwaddyK Same here. Grew up poor and currently work as a receptionist to wealthy financial advisors that help the rich clients get even richer. One client even complained to me about the tax burden on having six homes, where I live with my mom and have a mountain of student debt.
@@hexabellezarco "complained to me about the tax burden on having six homes" - well, you could suggest to them to quit some or all of their homes so that they will have less tax to pay (I think we know what their answer would be though 😉😅). It's the same argument that is used about loss-making public transport: "Cut the losses by cutting the service". Reminds me of my boss in a previous job when he was working in the 1930s. His boss approached him and asked if he wanted to pay less income tax. Naturally he said he would, to which the reply was "right, you are now getting less pay".
Gary this hit so hard. I also grew up in poverty albeit in a less deprived part of the country. I actually did manage to get into Cambridge! Luckily my mum managed to do a council house swap to a 3 bed so I no longer needed to share a room with my two brothers. Most people I know are from a more middle class background so it's honestly hard to discuss the experience of having grown up in those conditions. Even now I'm doing a PhD and am mega skint but everyone else around me can be bailed out by family. Still having experienced having no money growing up, in a weird way I don't worry too much about the economy since all I've known is being skint lmao.
I watched this from the US; my nephew born in 1977, worked at Bear Sterns and witnessed first hand 2008. He survived bcs he, like you, was extremely hard working and smart. He’s still on “the street” today. He doesn’t talk about the economy like you. ❤ I lost my job in 2019; haven’t worked since. Perhaps I need to tithe again.
I thank you Gary. From another kid who grew up in poverty but was reasonably smart and went to University. I got a degree and a masters before I found out the game was rigged and my grades meant nothing. We're a similar age and I relate to so much of your story but I never found that card game to get me ahead. I did everything right educationally and ended up working in a factory until I started writing and playing music. Now I work for myself and I decide where I go. I don't earn riches but compared to many, I am free. The alternative world of music, the travelling, the festivals and the people have given me a completely different perspective on life and this country. I have also toured around Europe and what I've learned is that: wherever you are people who have nothing will share all they have with you, yet people who have it all will try to take everything from you. Thank you for all the work you do, rest and heal up my friend, you deserve the time off.
Please Gary never stop what you're doing ! Having someone with your background in this position is very rare. Share & Educate. Thank you so much, you give me hope
Once I asked the head of a U.N. teaching program to entrepreneurs in developing countries to add a big red heart to the man in suit they wanted to use as a logo. I argued that if the U.N. wasn’t showing that businesses can show heart, no one would. Guess what? They laughed it off and didn’t take me seriously… We all have a role to play in moralizing our world ; failing is worth trying. Again and again and again, until they understand. Thanks for this heartfelt true talk, Gary! 😘
@@bubblybull2463 I love that idea. Entrepreneurs in developing countries really are the driving force of reducing poverty and providing income to struggling families. Many of them understand their role in their world.
Simply the best video I've seen on UA-cam all year. This should be required viewing for all high school students... and definitely all economic majors. ❤
Someone once said "there's a lot of crabs in a barrel, but crabs don't belong in a barrel and no one ever thinks about that." This lecture was so real, you spend all this time fighting for financial freedom and then realise why it had to be a fight in the first place.
Our economy is like a flailing fish, fighting for its life. The normal state of the U.S. economy is actually very bad. Because of this it goes into convulsive spasms fighting to grow any way it can out of desperation. Tricks, gimmicks, rule changes try to stimulate the economy >>and prevent it from falling but they only bring temporary relief to people since, when you factor in inflation we are declining.
Inflation is gradually going to become part of us and due to that fact any money you keep in cash or in a low-interest account declines in value each year. Investing is the only way to make your money grow and unless you have an exceptionally high income, investing is the only way most people will ever have enough money to retire.
I usually go with registered representative; Zachery M Demers, He provides a more grounded approach, looking at factors like market demand, regulatory changes, and adoption trends. This approach enable to make informed decisions rather than solely relying on emotional market dynamics
Mate, I'm from Australia, and the algorithm had just happened to spit your video out on my stream. I can't believe I have just found you. I have shared with EVERYONE I know. We need to get you out there in a major way!! If there is anything I can ever do to help in any way, please feel free to contact me. Your videos on economics are blowing my mind!! I also have grown up in a poor family, but unfortunately, I am not even in the same universe relative to your knowledge. I am just a roof tiler, a tradie struggling to make a living, and it's just getting increasingly harder. Is it possible you have the capability to pull millions of struggling people/families together, have them throw in together, and beat the banks and investment firms at their game? I feel your purpose is to slowly level the playing field, basically saving us from ourselves!! I have never heard anyone from finance/economics just lay the bare-bones truth on the masses. Sorry bro, I'm sounding like a fkn tool. Just majorly impressed!!! 👍
This is rhetorically amazing. As a bassoon player coming from the cultural middle class I have gotten things because I play bassoon and others don't. Not because my parents planned for that in particular, but because of the "educated ideal" where they encouraged me to do things like this. They encouraged me to learn and try new things because they had the energy and resources to let me try out who I wanted to be. Later this happened to be what employers were looking for. It is as if it was rigged from the start.
So what would the ideal solution have been then? No bassoon for you? Bassoons for every child? I didn’t need a bassoon. I need, right now, for insane liberals to stop trying to save the world to ease their own guilt.
JFC! Gary, I want to say thank you from the very deepest part of my heart! You have nailed the current struggles we face as a people. But your deep humanity and understanding of the experience of poverty raises all of this talk to the point of essential viewing by anyone who is interested in a true discussion of the realities of economics at a human level! I have shared this talk with all my students. Courage and thanks to you, Ivan
Have a great time in Japan. I got a price to go for 6k but could not afford it. Don’t change anything about you, you are authentic. Thanks for your insights. Wondering what personality type you are? I feel sick most days watching what’s happening. I’m a ENFJ.
I've wanted to read your book, although I haven't prioritised it. After all, who wants to read about a deplorable Citi Bank trader bragging about himself for several hundred pages. I have to say, this completely changed my mind. This is the strongest and most impactful writing I've listened to in a long time. Many people have stories, but few have a voice like yours. Brilliant.
I really enjoy this channel. It is a single "voice" that cuts through modern economics (weve never had a fiat money supply used across the globe before). It pulls together so many themes and influences, and crucially it aligns with what i see with my eyes and what i hear with my own ears. It is genuinely 'educational', so thank you.
Man, thanks for sharing some of your story. Cheers from France. And take good care of you. We need voices like yours to help us stay in touch with reality, and do better as a society
Thank you. You have put into words my thoughts. Now I can use your video to eloquently and reasonably explain this to other people. Please, never give up even though you must be carrying a heavy load.
Could someone please define equality? What you are saying makes no sense to me. I have no framework where what I think you mean is at all possible or even desirable.
@@nunyabidness3075 they are communists, they say things that are not true to achieve their goals. men are not created equal in the first place, so we can put that to rest.
@@nunyabidness3075 Arbitrary economic decisions - 0% interest (for extended periods of time), negative interest rates, wages not keeping up with yearly inflation, long-term quantitative easing that is directly mainly at financial entities, workers not being given a logical form of ownership for their work and loyalty (shares/dividends are directed at owners, and are rarely distributed to workers - i.e. a partnership). Then there's the 'tech' side of things - endless subscriptions and software as a service, overriding the fact that the marginal rate of software tends to 0 and is everywhere in the economy (think about this one for a bit - a hint: capital). The key question here is: who gets the benefits of all of these economic 'tools'? And secondly, what is the reasoning behind them, that proves it. The point however is: why are the benefits not proportionally distributed to people involved - this you can use to define (in-)equality.
@@nunyabidness3075 What I'd like is that earned income (working for salary) is at least taxed similarly to unearned wealth-based / passive income (dividends, capital gains etc.). Secondly, consistent rules on quantitative easing / money printing (which devalues currencies) and where the money goes (like outcomes checks and service-level agreements with the public). Thirdly, a tying of currency to real materials prices / difficult to produce asset values (think something like the gold standard), to avoid rapid asset inflation from devalued currencies and sudden speculation on needed resources - simplifying a bit here. All of this should mean that wealth needs reasons to make more wealth - i.e. be tied to the economy of the general public (no more two-tier economy of earned vs unearned income). And that's about it really.
Watched this a couple times now. We needed a banker like you truth be told. Just like we need an Oil CEO like you and so on. We need wealthy people that are empathetic for the people they grew up with when they were less well off and to use their platform to blow the whistle.
The argument is about character; and yours Gary my friend is prolific, for you to commit so much of your life to seeing the majority who will be effected the most speaks volumes. You’ve also served as an educator on this topic while so many love its benefits you dug deep. I believe it’s very revelatory that you see pass the fluff and lead with compassion about change. ❤
Wow! Gobsmacked! What an enlightened spirit you are. We need far more like you to win this evil war against greed and selfishness we find ourselves in. Thank you ever so much my friend. ❤
I was raised, in part, by grandparents who raised their family during the Great Depression. The first to go were the men who lost what they thought was great wealth. Overcome by fear and despair, they took their own lives. Those who made it through were resourceful and self-sufficient, (cooperate with your family, friends and neighbors, forget the govt) or they learned to become so. It's a mind game. Your survival depends less on your education, economic status and intelligence than on your mindset, attitude and your courage.
@jean-pierresteenberg In Chimney Rock, you've got to survive to thrive. Survive long enough to see things iron out. Then build Rome again if that's what you want to do...
Hey Gary, your channel is perfectly right about what needs to happen economically. And I salute you for "sticking to your lane" and not being drawn into a traditional political analysis, we can get that elsewhere. About the future of the channel, my suggestion, for what it's worth, is to have conversations with heterodox economists like Stephanie Kelton and Kate Raworth to find common ground and common cause with them. Anyway have a great time in Japan, we look forward to all the new insights you bring back!
Much love Gary. From one East LDNer to another. Your personal story resonates with me, and your heart and love for others is what the struggle is about. You are a leader. “To surmount the situation of oppression, people must first critically recognise it’s causes, so that through transforming action they can create a new situation, one which makes possible the pursuit of a fuller humanity. But the struggle to be more fully human has already begun in the authentic struggle to transform the situation. Although the situation of oppression is a dehumanised and dehumanising totality affecting both the oppressors and those whom they oppress, it is the latter who must, from their stifled humanity, wage for both the struggle for a fuller humanity; the oppressor, who is himself dehumanised because he dehumanises others, is unable to lead this struggle.” - Paulo Freiré - Pedagogy of the Oppressed. Big up and enjoy that bike ride 🇯🇵👊❤️
Thank you Gary, you are spot on, the Camus plague comparison is also strikingly accurate. No matter what happens next on Earth, I am glad I could witness someone that stood up and spoke the truth, I feel less alone for it.
Growing up in the 50's and 60's was so much fairer for those poor but from the 80's onwards it got worse again. Went backwartds. The old system took over again and hasn't stopped since destroying what was left of the 1945 great change.That great change has to happen again. You are explaining what should be obvious but has been forgotten. All strength to you.
Brilliant talk, Gary. It made me cry. Hilarious thing is, I'm from a very similar background to you, lived in a council house, single-parent family, on benefits my entire childhood. Still, somehow, my mum managed to get me an OBOE and, back then, you had free music lessons. I still play it today 40 odd years later, so that part made me laugh. Aside from that, I think the most telling part of your talk was the quote from your Japanese friend who said that the rich have small hearts. That's what we're fighting against and sadly those in charge of making decisions that could make a difference also have small hearts. Hope you come back feeling refreshed from your Japan trip.
Gary is so important. He came from nothing. He succeeded the rat race. Now he imparts humble knowledge and experience along with perspective, upon those of us who struggle, like he did growing up.
@sg-go5li he came from nothing ? He was an inherently gifted mathematician who grew up a stones throw away from one of the world's richest financial districts.
@@aaroninglyes he came from nothing. He worked hard on his education. It wasn't gifted to him. He grew up in the impoverished part of town. Being a stone throw from financial district doesn't mean anything. Where's the logic?
@endri6089 for the children who are gifted mathematicians, doing maths is found enjoyable. It doesn't feel like hard work to them. In fact, doing anything other than maths is the real challenge. Hence, they end up in maths based careers.
Hey Gary. I just stumbled across one of your interviews and then this channel. You NEED to up your UA-cam algorithm and thumbnail game. Same as how a website requires SEO so does the channel. Imagine Patrick Boyle who has managed this and gotten a much wider range of audience outside just economy nerds. Your content is amazing. Spread the word.
Please do mate, this was truly one of the most sensational talks🙌 You and your work has system changing potential. Open up your funding and we got your back..Enjoy Japan!
Just finished the book. It took me a few days to read on and off. So good!! Funny! Emotional! The Free state Podcast interview with Gary was great. So I got the book from Ottawa Library. And I loved the ending Postscript!! I cried! Good tears 😭 for the heart in Gary and the drive to win. Or do the right thing! And never give up
"Good luck, and thank you." Something about that ending sent chills down my spine. From what it looks like, even if we fight to prevent it, a "collapse" is inevitable. To be human is to fight against it, regardless, and give your all to avoid an outcome that may be beyond your own individual ability. To remain sane is to hold on to the hope that with your efforts, others will remain sane as well-- inspired to do the same as you. To remain a David, having faith and confidence in what is good, righteous, and just, against a Goliath that would otherwise surely defeat you. What would you do? This is what you should do, less what seems inevitable become absolute and all encompassing.
I grew up comfortably off. I had decent jobs and made decent money but I was raised a socialist and an immigrant so I always knew I had things others, even in my own extended family didn't have. But now, I look around London and I see people spending so much money. I'm impacted by the cost of living. People with less than me are worse impacted. And yet, in parts of London, every restaurant is full, clothes are still flying out of expensive shops, people are throwing toddlers birthday parties costing tens of thousands of pounds. And I don't understand it. The inequality is disgusting and it's growing.
I love the spoken word poetry in your speech, ironically delivered to those majority ‘rich kids’ from Eton now going to Cambridge. Very emotive. The rich will never care for the poor unless made to do so. What does that mean? We need a revolution.
You're awesome, Gary. I was raised Catholic. I'm no longer part of the religion but there are a lot of morals I appreciate from my upbringing. We also actually read the New Testament. Feed the hungry, clothe the naked, etc. Blessed are the poor. It is harder for a rich man to enter heaven than for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle. These parts seem to be left out quite a bit though, especially in American where the prosperity gospel has such a strong foothold.
A good, deep, heartfelt lecture showing how life really is. Why is there is so much inequality, not just in Britain but globally? Well, money talks and sh-t walks.
Have you seen the old man In a closed-down market? Kicking up the paper With his worn out shoes In his eyes, you see no pride And held loosely at his side Yesterday's paper Telling yesterday's news So, how can you tell me you're lonely? And say for you that the sun don't shine? Let me take you by the hand And lead you through the streets of London Show you something to make you change your mind Have you seen the old girl Who walks the streets of London? Dirt in her hair And her clothes in rags She's no time for talking She just keeps right on walking Carrying her home In two carrier bags So, how can you tell me you're lonely? And say for you that the sun don't shine? Let me take you by the hand And lead you through the streets of London I'll show you something to make you change your mind In the all night café At a quarter past eleven Same old man Sitting there on his own Looking at the world Over the rim of his teacup Each tea lasts an hour And he wanders home alone So, how can you tell me you're lonely? Don't say for you that the sun don't shine Let me take you by the hand And lead you through the streets of London Show you something to make you change your mind Have you seen the old man Outside the seaman's mission? Memory fading with The medal ribbons that he wears In our winter city The rain cries a little pity For one more forgotten hero And a world that doesn't care So, how can you tell me you're lonely? And say for you that the sun don't shine? Let me take you by the hand And lead you through the streets of London Show you something to make you change your mind Source: LyricFind Songwriters: Ralph McTell
I just listened to your story / speech. I must say that I haven’t heard anything so raw, profound and inspirational in a very long time🕤 . I am a 65 year old retired person in Alpharetta Georgia. Your story made me think deeply. Kudos 2 U my friend! I hope you have a wonderful break from UA-cam. And may you be Blessed.
Hi Gary, just found you tonight with the Guardian interview. This speech you gave above was very moving. Very raw. I cried for the little boy in you. It’s funny that a lot of poor people and or middle class try to do something to help others but very few of the rich do. It would only take a couple of rich families to change the economy but unfortunately they do not want it changed because the truth is that they created it this way by design. Until you can turn the tide (change the rich) we can only take things day by day and educate as many people as we can, or as you are. Thank you for your beautiful work Gary.
I have this philosophy that is if life is hard for an individual it is the clearest indicator that they are chosen to do great things and that persons life work is equivalent to those 2 cooper coins in the biblical story of the widow, a life that carry more weight than those who vast in abundance… this was so beautiful articulated so profound, a testament of love thy neighbor as you do yourself... OMG Gary you stayed the course and I believe nothing will be in vain. New subscribers I’ve always been intrigued with economics and look forward to your return and to watching your platform. Thank you Gary @51:27 you are chosen you have a heart for the work and I will encourage you to keep up this dire necessary work. I pray for your step to endure and deliverance of mental illness. I pray you continue to serve being the heart of this sector truly bring a living example of transformation for us all over the world 🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾
Gary - you must be enjoying your holiday now. You know your voice is starting to make an impact. The greens are listening to you, and that’s a start. Of course, it is a huge mountain, but they can all be conquered. I am sharing your stuff and spread the word. Not much m, but every little helps, like they say. Be strong and thank you.
@garysecnomics This made me cry. I hope I'm one of the "good kids". Not from a particularly well off background, but nothing like your childhood. I'm not an economist but want to do something to help, beyond sharing your content.
Fantastic sermon, should be preached on every street corner, church and mosque. I hope you find what you are looking for, to be at peace with oneself is a very difficult achievement.
Have you seen the old man In a closed-down market? Kicking up the paper With his worn out shoes In his eyes, you see no pride And held loosely at his side Yesterday's paper Telling yesterday's news So, how can you tell me you're lonely? And say for you that the sun don't shine? Let me take you by the hand And lead you through the streets of London Show you something to make you change your mind Have you seen the old girl Who walks the streets of London? Dirt in her hair And her clothes in rags She's no time for talking She just keeps right on walking Carrying her home In two carrier bags So, how can you tell me you're lonely? And say for you that the sun don't shine? Let me take you by the hand And lead you through the streets of London I'll show you something to make you change your mind In the all night café At a quarter past eleven Same old man Sitting there on his own Looking at the world Over the rim of his teacup Each tea lasts an hour And he wanders home alone So, how can you tell me you're lonely? Don't say for you that the sun don't shine Let me take you by the hand And lead you through the streets of London Show you something to make you change your mind Have you seen the old man Outside the seaman's mission? Memory fading with The medal ribbons that he wears In our winter city The rain cries a little pity For one more forgotten hero And a world that doesn't care So, how can you tell me you're lonely? And say for you that the sun don't shine? Let me take you by the hand And lead you through the streets of London Show you something to make you change your mind Source: LyricFind Songwriters: Ralph McTell
Enjoy the holiday! Im 45f, broke, unemployed and doing long term house sitting- trying to get my van fixed so I'll have a home on wheels will I job hunt for remote work. No kids thankfully. 20 years ago i was studying environmental management- the realisation of the coming Climate change impacts has led me to want to be mobile, compassionate and resilient while trying to do my bit. #solarpunk #doughnuteconomics #slow living
My rent on a beachfront apartment in the city of Burgas Bulgaria is £150 a month. Type D 5 years visas are quite easy to get. Just saying - Oh and 300 days of sunshine a year.
@@talananiyiyaya8912 YEAH the same as the UK now. I moved here before Brexit so the visa was automatic. But even now its very easy by most country standards. If you have an income or about €500 a month or you have a skill they want, and they want a lot cos its a declining population with a growing economy, or a job - and minimum wage here will pay rent on an apartment. Dont be a snob bout the old communist-era apartment blocks - they are GREAT and they are in the best locations. You wont need a car cos the public transport is amazing and €18 a month flat rate. My city is Burgas if yo look it up there is a T shaped thing in the water - im just to the left of that.
So grateful for the work you’re doing! I watched your Insider interview and you confirmed what I have suspected all along. I stand with you. Let us never give up hope for a better way and as a result - a better future for ALL of us.
This reminded me of Benjamin Zephaniah whose heart and mind transcended his poor background and life of crime to become one of the greatest people this century. I wonder if you ever met? Very moving and utterly gripping. I am a “poor” pensioner who sometimes have my head above water and am pleased to be coping and then gets side swiped by a wave in the form of a bill. Sometimes saved by selling something, sometimes a charitable local council who btw understand better than the government who needs help with energy bills. Suddenly realised at 73 that I grew up poor and still am. Not particularly good person but do try to help others where I can. Stand up stand up don’t give up the fight. Xxxx
I am 70yrs of age, I want YOU - Gary to know that I thank you from the bottom of my heart for the work you do. If only people would listen? If only governments were honest and had the balls to listen to YOU and others. Thank You Gary, take care soak up support and hold on to friends... Hold on tight to your dreams... I have been fighting the fight against inequality all my working life - it does have a profound impact upon a person... but we must simply remember we must do the Right Thing.
Thank you for giving me hope that people of your generation and standing do care about young people today getting more from life than we’re currently being given ❤
Omg!! Gary is beyond stunning!! I want to eat his 🎂!!!
I’m 63. My dad worked all his life for a very small amount, quite often working two jobs, so that he could provide a tiny amount for his family, and had to retire at the age of 52 because of ilI-health. He died at the age of 64, just a few months before the birth of his first grandchild.
He also fought all his life for equality. This was 1994 and things have got much, much worse I’m afraid.
Keep going with this Gary: we need you and others like you.
I'm 66 totally support your comment 70 year old.
Manager for @garyseconomics encourage Gary to contact me about turning his work into a hands on movement for making change from the grass roots all over the UK from the middle of communities, based in the revival of the British public house. Act not talk
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Gary has the heart of a revolutionary
He is, in my opinion one of the most important voices globally at the moment.
He wouldn't accept the comparison, but he is like our generation's Richard Wolff. I love Rich, but time marches on.
Which is why we are so lucky to have those like Gary out here, who will keep the fire in our hearts burning bright; fueled with truth, rationality, and compassionate concepts for creating equality.
Gary very correctly identifies what's wrong with the economy and society. It's obvious when you think about it, Trickle down was a lie, Thatcher should have called it trickle away. What to do about it is more difficult. All that wealth buys power, it buys governments and anyone who tries to stop it or change it is shot down, see Jeremy Corbyn. I have spent a life time pushing democratic socialism and it hasn't worked. There is nothing wrong with socialism it's democracy that doesn't work anymore. Keep up the good work Gary but if I can ask one thing of you it's this, we now know what the problem is can you work on how to fix it? I'm all out of ideas.
HE IS. His greatest achievement is getting this message to go mainstream. I wrote a book on this is 2020, its by a very long way my worst-selling book. As he says about his website - no one was interested. You have to be a driven man, this has to be your calling in life, your vocation to make this a "thing" in the mainstream.
I can imagine he is totally shattered.
I agree. A unique visionary combining brain and soul.
Gary needs to redistribute his own wealth if he truly wants to be taken seriously by ordinary people.
Hey Gary, I recently found your channel and been listening a lot to what you say. I come from Poland (working class family) - typical dad builder and mum working in McDonald's. I came here at 17, got a crappy degree, got myself in debt for it and now been working here for 5 years saving for that first house....yes that "British Dream". 5 years of working, saving money - not going on holidays, not buying myself things and staying at home with parents till 30 just to be able to afford to be a slave to a mortgage one day. This system is truly broken and thank you for speaking out and fighting our corner. Much Respect, keep the good fight!
Gary ,You made me weep. I do hope your mum and dad are proud of you.I am a 63 year old nurse and you make complete sense to me. Thank you.
Man this is the most genuine video I’ve ever watched. As far as philosophy goes, this is the least pretentious, most from the heart language I’ve come across. You are a true leader, respect man.
For sure Gary will become UK Prime Minister. I hope I’m around to see it.
Mad Garry seen the other side of the fence and jumped back over to try help people. How many of us would have lived on in comfort and ease in his position? Instead he's out here trying to effect positive change. A rare breed.
Isn't it kind of sad that people just say "fuck you, got mine" instead of uplifting those around us.
@@Valiyus Game theory at work. Both parties (individual and society) would benefit most if we collaborated and helped each other. However that can often be difficult to see or believe in. So the lesser value of acting selfish seems more appealing because it’s immediate and obvious. The net effect of course is the detriment of society. We see it most with the wealthy by accumulating most of the assets. But it happens to every folks too, by being jaded and not helping each other out.
The unfortunate reality is that, in the current status quo, it’s challenging for individuals to break free from the mainstream tide. True change is often sparked by seeing positive transformations around us; until then, stagnation prevails. However, platforms like "Gary Economics" provide a valuable opportunity for us to strategically position ourselves for the challenges that lie ahead.
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If the civilization grows an advances, it’s always because someone who is wealthy reaches back and helps someone else up.
Hi Gary. I'm from Hong Kong and I never left any commment on youtube before untill now. I will admit I was one of the "nice kid" you mentioned who lives in a nice home, have a nice meal but did nth to help, but I'm also now one of the kid who are struggling to keep our family house. Please dont lose hope, because you are our hope.
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Same here, Gary's explained so much of what is going on
Hi Gary. I come from Newham and grew up in dirt poor. Saved by the welfare state, we got a council house when we were flooded out of our private rented flat - long story. My dad had ambitions for me to be a teacher or a nurse; the highest ambition for a girl in the 1970s! I found it really hard to leave friends behind and baulked against it but I buckled down and became a teacher. I found I had a small talent for the work and a big burning desire to give kids opportunity and rich experiences. I was a headteacher in Newham and Redbridge for 25 years, a teacher for 39 years. Thank you for what you’re doing. The days of kids like me being saved by free uni and council housing has gone. We have the fight of our lives ahead as society begins to collapse. The only way forward is radical transformation for the greater good.
Hello Gary. You suggest taxing the rich in a lot of your videos, which i agree with. But if that were to become a reality, would we not then be dependent on the powers that be, too do right with the the extra monies such a plan might realise. As in ring fencing it for the greater good. IE Schools, Hospitals, Houseing and so on. Opposed to pouring the money into over priced, and under funded, so called vanity projects. Where nobody wins, everyone loses. But the powers that be, get their name in lights, if only for a few moments. Regards. Shane Brennan.
Be careful when you wish for a radical transformation. The Third Reich was a radical transformation.
It's now down to parents like me on a low income saving every penny I can to help my children who are top students to get to uni. I have had to sacrifice my own ambitions for this. ❤
@@alibali193 they will go to uni and become gender fluid communists with useless degrees lol
Hi Carol, I'm also from Newham and unfortunately there wasn't any suitable council housing left for people like me because it has all been taken by non-natives. Perhaps in your role as a teacher you also realised that the people replacing the native population overwhelmingly changed the fabric of the society. That using immigration to prop up a failing service economy puts immense strain on council housing and social services. Also, that changing the demographics of a population makes the people less divided and able to tackle the systemic issues that make the average person poorer. Gary doesn't address this because he's a traitor to the indigenous people and wants to entertain endless kebab shops full of people who shouldn't morally or legally be here
even in the great depression most families had a family to support each other, a house with a yard they could plant food and a river they could fish at. we literally have no choice but to rely on money
@Daniel-Deshaun to be honest, we still could. It's just more difficult, but we probably must
@@Daniel-Deshaun Yes, the FAMILY has been undermined by government interventions, benefits and services that FAMILY provided in past generations. Government has gone beyond being the “lender of last resort” and the social safety net. We’ve been weakened. We’re meant to live in a community that knows each other, is accountable to each other and responds voluntarily to each other as circumstances change.
@@margyrowland the welfare state doesn't exist but so far the poor laws haven't yet been reinstated. Being poor will be made illegal. We will be lucky to be serfs.
Most rural, landowning white people*
I think the dust bowl put paid to that though didn't it. Because no one could grow anything at all. Plenty of people became economic migrants and moved to the city to do very unskilled work and very poorly paid work and those were the ones who survived and didn't die on the journey, and the economy recovered in time because the government taxed the wealthy and put in place a welfare system that made the very exploitable a bit less exploitable.. but yeah i think what was needed then was the same as now tbh
You have seen what's behind the curtain and have a deep understanding of the problem.
What a brilliant talk.
"what does it mean? What would you do?"
Bro, I don't know but I do know this is an amazingly poignant testimony that speaks to the reasons why society is crumbling under the weight of systemic, compound inequity.
Rest up Gary, and take care.
Rest up but come back to us please!
"compound inequity". genius phrasing. I wish I had thought of that.
Omg!! Gary is beyond stunning!! I want to eat his 🎂!!!
Every 10 years people say this same thing. Capitalism advances and brings people out of poverty. Life gets better for everyone if you just glance back in history. There is always something to worry about or complain about.
@@stevetaylor20 Capitalism is profligate. Resources, skills and dignity are sacrificed at the alter of the church of money. You are correct that the measured aspects of economy continue to improve, but the truth is that all that matters cannot be measured. Additionally, the metrology is changed, in order to ensure the expected. The losses endured as capitalism washes away culture and tradition for a new generation of desire and consumption are never considered, and even more rarely recorded on the balance sheet. The losses are only glimpsed when we reminisce through the rose tinted sentimentality of rememberence. It is true, amongst many 'advances', that the world has greater sanitation and that infant mortality for some is reduced, but the depths of the depravity have become deeper, more concentrated and of diminished interest to the majority. Capitalism is a conspiracy of ignorance where nobody is prepared to acknowledge the obviousness of the dysfunction. Remember that some people who work hard succeed. Forget that most who work hard will just have to keep on working hard. Not because they are less able, but simply because they are less lucky or less privileged, and less wealthy. Marx saw this happening over 100 years ago. The futile and corrupt attempts to implement his ideas since, serve as the ammunition to shoot the ideas down. The truth is that wealth inequality is unsustainable, as are many of the currently accepted paradigms of human existence. Unfortunately, it is only catastrophe which is likely to bring about meaningful change, when a 'needs based' assessment of resource distribution will necessarily evolve in order to right the imbalance.
Oh Gary this was magnificent. I am 80 now and have known relative poverty for most of my life. But for some reason I never really looked for more. Maths was never my thing, more of an artist, writer, poet, so maybe that's why. You have a brilliant mind, and more than that, a big heart. You care. and that's what is important at times like this, at any time really. The Buddhist concept of "Be Kind" needs to be spread far and wide for, as your Japanese friend said, the rich people have small hearts. Even though you had money, you were not comfortable with it, and that says everything about you. I wish you every success in all you do because you deserve it, though I know that doesn't always follow. Thank you so much for what are doing. I'm crying now as I write this just because your words move me so much. Know that some of us at least, really appreciate you, maybe more than you know.
Be Kind is the last thing we should be spreading - Hitler was being kind when he killed the Jews, Stalin was being kind when he mudered the Ukrainians, and Mao was being kind when he killed tens of millions of Chinese.
In fact there hasn't been a despot in history who hasn't been able to do what they did without convincing themselves and the people that they were being 'Kind'.
Be Fair is a better principle and be honest as well.
Thanks Christine! X
Hey Gary, you'll be paying more tax soon. 😁
@@flakieflake9616 there was nothing kind about what those despots did. Nor did they think so. To be kind means being kind to everyone, and all life, not just the people you favour.
@@christinestromberg4057 Yes Christine they did think so, and it's well documented history. Their reasoning is different in each case but no leader ever does anything telling the people they are evil and are going to do evil things to them, they convince the people they are being 'kind'. People used to know this and would say "the road to hell is paved with good intention" Has the Lefts new morality stripped this from your memory?
20:00 "if you stick around to save him, then who sticks around to save you?"
Gary puts it perfectly. This is why we need to change the system, so no one is forced to make this kind of impossible choice.
But how do we change the system. I read the wikipedia definition of the US
constitution, the only people that could change "the system" are part of the system. Everything that would be needed to change the system are known and
have been said repeatedly on Ytube videos going back at least 10-15 years.
A revolution or a civil war in the US would be a complete disaster for everyone
but those with lear jets. In the french revolution if king louie and marie had a
lear jet they would have kept their heads. Plus disruption in the US with the
reserve currency would tank the world economy, and there would probably
be EVEN more global conflict than there is right know, there are videos out there
about all the global conflict going on now none of which is even mentioned on
main stream media.
"change the system" > DAO´s and transparent collective ownership. This round of monopoly is coming to an end and when people have enoth eventualy extremist partys will be voted that disown the billionairs and then they will hate themselfs for exploiting the system to the breakingpoint.
Amazing speech Gary. I’m from Hong Kong and after 2008 we have experienced exactly the inequality you are communicating in this channel, ranking the most expensive asset market in the world for many years. It was after a society uprising (which ended badly with authoritarian crackdown) and the pandemic that we finally see a drop in housing prices. But the cost is immense and heartbreaking. I agree ignorance is the driving force for evil, and I really appreciate your advocacy.
Please take good rest and continue to inspire and enlighten us when you are better!
Clicked on this fully expecting for it to be a clickbait title, and was dismayed to learn that it's not. It's evident in Gary's body language and tone that this is a delicate subject matter. Although a burdensome theme, the storytelling aspect of it was exceptional. "What do you think? What would you do?". A grounding mantra, almost rhetorical -- begging a question of morality. Gary's insight points to a top-down moral bankruptcy that's taking us all towards grave consequences. Nobody (rich or poor) is exempt from the karmic scales of the universe. Thank you, Gary, for doing everything in your power to reach us with this message. Keep up the tremendous work!
The waste of human potential in this country due to inequality of opportunity is enraging. I am from a similar background to Gary, but I didn't have his work ethic as a kid. I never knew anyone who aspired to anything, had never met anyone who had a job other than lifting and shifting, I didn't even know what good jobs were let alone how to get one. My school was more like an out of control prison; anyone showing signs of ambition or intelligence were mercilessly bullied. I didn't do any work at all at school and my education results were a joke as a result. It took me until much later in life to acknowledge my high intelligence and squandered potential, and to understand just how little intelligence or hard work is required from the middle classes for them to sustain their wealth and privilege. I'm glad Gary made it but my heart breaks for the rest of us.
@@TheSpoovy I would have your story but I got out back to my city of birth, Vancouver, 40 years ago. Gave me a chance I never would have had should I stayed in England. I'm so sad for the good people, salt of the earth, born into the trap of inequality and class systems.
It is not too late. Maybe you won't reach the same heights but you can still be further along than where you find yourself now,if you want it of course. It has to be a conscious decision to make the change and develop your skill set
I didn't have a supportive network needed to succeed but I'm not giving up. I'm about 14 years late but I will get there. I won't be as wealthy, but I will get there.
I remember as kids on the block they would run to see speed limiter on tourist cars parked on the street and I would think: "what's the point when you will never own one". With zero prospects, there is zero ambition as a result.
"understand just how little intelligence or hard work is required from the middle classes for them to sustain their wealth and privilege"
Huh? What wealth and privilege? "Middle class" barely even means anything.
As 66 year old poor boy I recognise your life story and your conclusions. Thanks for putting it into word's. Have a brilliant holiday and come back revitalised and keep pushing your message. If I were younger I'd join you in pushing the message, but my health restricts me. But I wholeheartedly support you. And swearing is just our learn way of expressing ourselves don't loose it as it reminds other's you really mean what you say.
support Gary from home, via the computer, good luck with your health issues, eat well, be strong, with love
Never thought id watch 7hrs + bout economics in 12hrs but yet here I am.
💋
Same here. I did a search on compound interest and ended up seeing another of Gary’s videos. 3 hours later..
@@garyseconomicsWe need you in the USA. I’m 70 in December and live in my car. I dream about an off-grid Sprinter vehicle, not a house. I was approved for section 8 hud housing, moved into apartment March 2024. Escaped on advice of pro-bono (free) lawyer Nov 2024 because of an overwhelming insect infestation of my apt, body, car that started Aug 28 from common shared laundry. Building had rats, bedbugs, black mold, no maintenance of grounds, total decades of neglect by slumlords yet Section 8 hud housing would not back me up. They pay the slumlords (Mahboob family) $3000US a month for a basic 1/1 apt. The family has gotten wealthy from USA hud housing and veterans administration rental payments. My one building had 12-units and they own more rental properties. I contacted city agencies and got zero help. I started to realize they must be bribed or corrupt.
I broke my 12 month lease and now I’m the criminal. Apt has been rented to a homeless veteran. I feel sorry for him. I suffered horribly and got absolutely no help or empathy from anyone in the govt agencies who made the slumlords wealthy.😢
Santa Barbara, Ca. Home of Harry and Meghan. My hometown.😢
Hey Gary. I'm a college student in America. Earlier this year I had to write a 10 page essay for school on the book 1984. I ended up writing about the economic inequality in America. This was the first time I became passionate about something school related. I learned about everything you're talking about; being from America our inequality is even worse. I became so enthralled over the severity of the situation and the fact that I had never really been aware of how bad it was. I was born in one of Africa's poorest countries, Ethiopia, but was adopted into a wealthy American family. All of this accumulated in my decision to study economics at university. I ended up dropping my economics class because of what you describe; it was all graphs and maths and had nothing to do with the actual economy. I'm now pursuing political science in the hope that I can learn enough about the political and economic systems of the world to change it. I want to fight; hopefully and maybe someday I could help you in this goal.
Don't usually make UA-cam comments, but this was an extraordinary talk. As someone who only recently has started to notice the state of the current economy, this isn't talked about enough. Thank you for speaking about it and as long as you continue to do so more people will realise and start to care. Thank you Gary.
@radon3894 It all boils down to one thing.
Slowly then, suddenly.
I was a child that had opportunity after opportunity my whole life, but for some reason I didn’t try hard or take those opportunities. I fell into what you might call a “bad” crowd. Basically my friends were just poor and had nothing, but were nice to me so I hung around with them. No matter how hard I tried to self destruct my own life, no matter how much trouble I got into, I still managed to get a decent job in insurance at 18 thanks to who my dad was. I did everything in my power to try and throw that job away but I was never sacked, because of my dad. Eventually around 24 years old I woke up and decided to start trying. By this time all the poor kids I was friends were drug addicts, homeless, dead, or in prison. Im under no illusion that the only reason that didn’t happen to me is because I am from a richer family. That’s why I feel passionately the gap between rich and poor needs to be closed. Get this speech played in every secondary school in the country. Adults have selective hearing, let’s start shaping the minds of the children who will listen.
Tax the ridiculously wealthy.
Brilliant idea @ig5025 👌👍
We need a “middle” class, not just desperately poor or Uber rich.
We need to use the principle “teach them to fish” not just to take….
We should morally give when possible, but feel free to say no when necessary.
I agree with much of what Gary said and I do not consider myself leftist.
I grew up w/o, worked hard, learned life is “not always fair” and believe in self determination as much as possibly, but also with great gifts come great responsibilities (not necessarily always financial).
These days, learning to fish is hardly enough. Gary has made that point.
Even being a master fisherman is weak compared to the guy who owns the ocean. Recently, that guy has also bought your boat, and will soon own your rod. That’s where we are.
That was the best Sunday morning sermon, Gary. That ‘wealth’ you made as a trader has turned into genuine wealth and made you the philosopher and preacher that we all need in these times. Be well and pedal strongly.
❤❤❤❤
As a student of International Relations at a ‘prestigious’ UK university, your point about choosing between knowledge and ‘networking’, or ‘saying the right thing’ on exams really resonates! Thanks for all the work you do! 🤘
A guy I can relate to, talks economics in a way I can understand, and offering actionable advice.
Please keep doing your thing Mr Stevenson.
This man and his message needs a bigger platform, we need to start holding our government accountable and start moving in the direction of wealth equality before societal collapse goes too far
If you want a habitable planet and comfortable life, we can't leave the economy under private control. The internet and computers, arguably the most significant creations of the 20th century, only happened because of goverbment-directed investing of resources. The only innovation coming from the private sector is developing new ways to run the same scam.
Nature will eventually correct the balance, it’s just not bad enough yet. Throughout history revolution happens when the poor suffer, then wealthy people wont have a nice world to live in. The super rich have a choice, do the right thing or it will be done anyway.
We almost had a Communist Revolution here. The richest need to fear us
I get goosebumps every time I listen to you. If you, having such an exposure to how corrupt and greed stricken we are as humans, can be depressed, imagine how I feel, living in one of the world’s poorest nations.
You’ve giving me a new perspective on the meaning of life itself. I’m grateful
I hope this gets millions of views, for the sake of all of society I hope people are listening.
If we don’t fix the broken system, then inequality can only end in one way, collapse, wars, chaos.
Wake up people
Inequality is a natural outcome of fiat currency systems. Our government has spent beyond it's means and this necessitates accelerating money supply (inflation)...or default. If our money didn't exponentially devalue and the gains from productivity were shared fairly, widening inequality would be a non-issue. Gary misdiagnoses the route cause and prescribes socialism as the solution. It's remarkably misguided, you need only look to emerging economies to know how that plays out!
@davidd4365 that sounds like the same thing though. Hes just talking about how wealthy people are able to take advantage of the system structured in that way because they have more money to leverage and there is a high entry barrier
I'm not sure youve understood him correctly @davidd4365
@@davidd4365 no, the government has not spent “beyond its means,” because that’s an arbitrary concept as far as a fiat currency goes. Taxes regulate supply of a fiat currency, which is where the value is derived from (controlling circulation). As Gary has mentioned before, the money flows upwards, there is no trickle down, that is why taxing the rich is the only answer.
Redistribution will only occur by mandating maximum levels of salary disparity between upper level and those below, and raising minimum wage.
This education is only beneficial up to a point, because no one that will hear this will ever have the power or influence to change it, so the necessary next step is to provide education on understanding markets. Without that, this is just mental masturbation.
People can’t even have equality in their own households… Everyone just needs hope… currently there is none…
When you've struggled as a kid, you see the world differently. I came from a dirt poor family. My boyfriend comes from a comfortable family, often used to scoff when I'd point out socio economic stresses on the population, he doesn't see the patterns, he's never needed to watch for them. Our lived experiences are very different. He makes a lot more money than I do, but manages to spend it all. I have a chunk saved, and live frugally because I know what it's like to face homelessness and debt. Managed to work my way out of a very tough spot before I met him. He's always astonished I give money to charity, donate my time, pay attention to my community, the world. I find it odd he doesn't. Thank you Gary, for all you're doing, and who you are.
@@creatureencounters3897you are a good decent human being
Take some of his and give back
What do you see in him? 😂
Carry on being yourself.
am 51 and you have just reminded me of the good old days.
My parents loved us.
There was 4 of us and we would all wait at the window for our mam to come home from potato picking , she would be so tired and her back was broken with bending alday, she did this every year to make sure all her children had an incredible Christmas and we did…you can’t buy the true love from your parents..
Reform won't save us. They'll blame immigrants, get paid, and solve nothing.
Gary!!!! That was the most compelling speech I have ever heard. You powerful to make an impact in this world. Your compassion and selflessness is refreshing. Keep fighting the good fight - your purpose is clear, you’ve won already.
I am a Retail Futures Trader and the collapsing economy is why I turned to day trading. I didn't see a path forward working a normal job, i really want to help fix these issues as well. This was the Easiest 53 minute speech ive listened to in a while. So relevant and engaging compared to all of that other garbage out there.
Are you trading on the mindset of intrrest rates being lowered and assets continuing to rise in price? Trying to make sense how someone can trade with their knowledge of how things are going to go and continue to make enough to live on
@@brysonite same
@@CryptoKiwi My approach is purely technical, I am scalping on the second charts. Usually done within the first hour of the market open.
@@brysonite with leverage? Movements must be pretty low?
@@CryptoKiwi thats right I don't need a lot of movement. I wanted an approach that could work in all market conditions.
Thank you from Liverpool, I was at your water stones tour, I remember you saying all people wanted was some authenticity and you definitely have that. Thank you for everything you do Gary, enjoy your holiday in Japan.
This lecture is by far Gary’s best - stick with it !
Gary is full of bot’s
Your saying its the best video yet 9 mins after this video came out
But its a 45 min video! 😮
@@martynclinton8092 I can say that, with kindness, because …. I watched the original lecture.
@@martynclinton8092 I thought this too, but it's an old lecture, they could easily have already watched this.
@@billB101 yes, I did.
@@BalletNews And there you have it :)
I traveled through the journey with you as you made the presentation, it was really touching. The sad part about this world is that we can't save everybody, but we can make a difference and touch many lives.
Just came from your Inside Edition interview. I had a mental breakdown in 2019 during my Bachelor of Finance because I was having the same experience you discussed of seeing what is happening and everyone saying yes we see it but not understanding what they were saying. The relief I'm feeling right now is unspeakable. Finding another person with the same goal and reference point.
How is that relief going for ya, Raymond?
The auditorium was barely half full.
What a missed opportunity to listen to an amazing presentation from Gary in person.
@@KISS1964 185,000 people watched online though. That’s 3 full football stadiums!
Yes, such a shame! I couldn't believe it when I saw that.
Most of the people at the uni were studying for those exam results instead of studying to understand the subject matter by listening to Gary
They were all off playing the oboe. They already know there's a job for them.
Thank the roomful of wonderful Scousers who made Gary promise to upload it to his channel
I'm another one of those people who don't post comments, but I'm deeply moved by you and your message, Gary. In a world where power shapes truth and reality - where power protects itself at the expense of others, where lies, deceit and selfishness are common trade, where decadence is rife - it's rarely good reason, honesty, or even good values that rise above it. People won't listen to that. What they do listen to, is a story. A good story. A story that has the power to capture the imagination of the collective, to inspire, to give hope, to show the power of an individual's voice in a world that overshadows the masses, in a world that grinds down the many for the few. Your story does that. For me, and for many others. We're lucky, to have individuals like you to look up to, the few that speak for the many, the ones who endure in the face of the impossible. You're a light in a dark world, Gary. It means a great deal to me, that there are still lights out there like yours. In a world where greed is good, having a conscience does make you crazy. From the bottom of my heart, thank you.
Anyway, I hope you're having a great time out in Japan man. Life's there to enjoy too, and you deserve it
People who talk against you are not capitalist but probably crony capitalism/ supporting oligarchs.... You are such a gifted teacher! Keep up the good work of educating common man!
Capitalism is a property rights relationship at its heart, ie one man owning a mine. These property rights are supported by the state.
You have to realize by now it’s the same thing
Crony capitalism is capitalism
Taking over the state in the name of profit is the brand on the tin
Same thing.
"crony capitalism isn't capitalism" is like the right-wing equivalent of "real communism has never been tried",
What you do, is exactly what YOU, Gary are doing. Real Talk. Mad Respect from right down here in New Zealand. Yep, YOUR message is spreading. As far as it can go. We CAN do something.
We do HAVE to.
Great book Gary.
Brilliant Gary - thanks. Speaking out might or might not lead to change. Keeping quiet means condoning what we know is wrong and living with that in our hearts...
The inequality also makes the class divide even worse, and there is a feeling of shame especially as a man for not being able to provide for your children and your partner. Walking around London you are also constantly reminded that you arent where you need to be to even feel accepted. I can only see this getting worse unfortunately.
Making your life as a worker so precarious is great for capitalist bosses. They scare you with the threat of the sack if you don't accept the crappy pay and conditions. And then they make you indebted just trying to get by with the basics.
Now that they have captured the so-called "Labour party", the only way to fight back is collectively through a trade union - the more militant, the better.
The problem lies with our monetary system
@rjflores438 don't worry you'll all be equal soon. Equal like Cambodians, Venezuelans, Colombians, Cubans, East Germans, Hungarians, Poles, Czechs, Chinese, Soviets etc etc etc.
Your CBDC will see to your equality. You'll own nothing, they'll own everything and you'd better be happy tracked, controlled, censored or you'll be dispensed with.
But you'll be 'equal' which seems to be your primary concern.
use at as motivation to work harder..... not as an excuse...... and try to invest so you will be in the same boat as the rich
@@kennethjensen1166 is working 3 jobs hard enough? Perhaps I should sacrifice my sleep time and take a 4th job. Work until I drop dead
I am not a reading person never bought a book in the last 15 years let alone read any, yet I bought this man’s book after watching two of his podcasts.
This man speaks wisdom and echoes facts, things that were in front of our eyes happening yet we never noticed them. I wish if I can do something in return for your help Gary it really weighs heavy on me. You truly saved us. Thank you man
Wisdom? Britain was once a world leader in industry, celebrated as the 'workshop of the world.' Its citizens were wealthy owners of factories, steelworks, potteries, and textile mills-a time of old money. I still have a few items stamped 'Made in England,' and they make me smile, a reminder of a bygone era.
But things changed. In the 1970s, high taxes drained wealth from citizens, while strikes and poor industrial relations disrupted the workplace. One politician famously declared, 'tax the rich until the pips squeak.' Many of Britain’s brightest workers left the country. So, what happened to that wealth and those once-great industries? Gone. And what did the government do with those taxes? Much went to propping up failing companies, with little left to stimulate real growth. Taxation, can destroy capital to start business.
Consider fibre optics. Developed in Britain to transmit voice and data, this technology underpins the internet as we know it. A single strand of fibre optic cable can carry data more efficiently than thousands of copper cables and does so without the signal degradation that would require hundreds of repeaters. Yet the British companies that pioneered this innovation have disappeared. Modern society was built on countless such breakthroughs.
The UK missed out on the tech and internet booms. Today, it seems Britain's main expertise lies in inventing new ways to tax its citizens.
Gary, talk about the rich, but are these rich industrialist in Britain? Most of the new rich are the Americans, Chinese etc... Britain's rich are lagging behind. James Dyson is worth £20bn. Compare that with the American's billionaire who are worth $200billion where that would be small change. Britain has shown contempt to James Dyson, who is a self-made man. His father dies when he was a school boy.
Wow...
Unbelievable. I cang believe how down to earth, real and human this speech is. It motivates and invigorates the fire within me to raise human consciousness. This is just needed in the world. Everybody needs to stand up. If everybody doesnt stand up, it all collapses
Just finished your book Gary - a brilliant read, brilliantly written. Some bits had me howling laughing, some pulling my hair out, others left me exhausted! It should definitely be made into a movie, "Rupert" might even be this generation's Patrick Bateman.
It's been so eye opening since I found your channel last week, I must have watched 20 of your videos as well as rattling through your book the past few nights.
Thanks for your videos, your message, and for bringing to light this imminent threat to the British people, and making us aware of something so blatant, hidden right under our noses.
Good man Gary. We can get there. We have to get there.
I was at this talk. It was one of the only times my wife and i left our baby at home since he was born!
I don't honestly think that Keir Starmer would understand any of that. Happy for him to prove me wrong. I like being proven wrong. Not a political comment as there are very few in the Tory Party that would either. What does it mean to be human is the question for the human race at the moment. What does it mean? Gary is one in a million, he is equipped to see our problems from every angle; economic, socially and morally. All I really know is that we should listen to him before it's too late and inequality destroys humanity.
He can only give more to the poor at the cost of the little less poor but without touching the rich. It’s hardly a “solution”. U.K. is a two class society, benefits claimants and the rich - the rest pays for both while working the most and having little to show for it.
@@10secondsrule NO - its much bigger scale than that and Starmer cant fix it sadly. Neoliberal economics is at and end. Every company will go the way of Beoing and Thems Water - so financialised and corrupted they can no longer do the basic functions no matter how much money you throw at them.
Starmer does as he is told.
@@matthewnewberry7275 like the old adage goes, if voting made any real difference, they’d ban it
@@rogerwredford They don't need to ban voting when the wealthy media barons can veto any option they don't like on the ballot by smearing them. It's a managed democracy. See "The Crisis of Democracy" published by the Trilateral Commission (which Keir Starmer happens to be a member of).
This really resonated with me as someone who also grew up poor and am now surrounded by millionaires at work (in tech).
Thank you for changing my perspective on things I see around me and my role in society.
I would love get involved in movement.
@@KwaddyK I feel the same way. Working in tech and seeing nepotism and favoritism everyday.
It makes it hard to interface with them socially because they're so far separated from your upbringing.
@@KwaddyK Same here. Grew up poor and currently work as a receptionist to wealthy financial advisors that help the rich clients get even richer. One client even complained to me about the tax burden on having six homes, where I live with my mom and have a mountain of student debt.
@@hexabellezarco "complained to me about the tax burden on having six homes" - well, you could suggest to them to quit some or all of their homes so that they will have less tax to pay (I think we know what their answer would be though 😉😅).
It's the same argument that is used about loss-making public transport: "Cut the losses by cutting the service".
Reminds me of my boss in a previous job when he was working in the 1930s. His boss approached him and asked if he wanted to pay less income tax. Naturally he said he would, to which the reply was "right, you are now getting less pay".
Gary this hit so hard. I also grew up in poverty albeit in a less deprived part of the country. I actually did manage to get into Cambridge! Luckily my mum managed to do a council house swap to a 3 bed so I no longer needed to share a room with my two brothers. Most people I know are from a more middle class background so it's honestly hard to discuss the experience of having grown up in those conditions. Even now I'm doing a PhD and am mega skint but everyone else around me can be bailed out by family. Still having experienced having no money growing up, in a weird way I don't worry too much about the economy since all I've known is being skint lmao.
It can get much worse that that, don’t forget it!
I watched this from the US; my nephew born in 1977, worked at Bear Sterns and witnessed first hand 2008. He survived bcs he, like you, was extremely hard working and smart. He’s still on “the street” today. He doesn’t talk about the economy like you. ❤ I lost my job in 2019; haven’t worked since. Perhaps I need to tithe again.
I thank you Gary. From another kid who grew up in poverty but was reasonably smart and went to University. I got a degree and a masters before I found out the game was rigged and my grades meant nothing. We're a similar age and I relate to so much of your story but I never found that card game to get me ahead. I did everything right educationally and ended up working in a factory until I started writing and playing music. Now I work for myself and I decide where I go. I don't earn riches but compared to many, I am free.
The alternative world of music, the travelling, the festivals and the people have given me a completely different perspective on life and this country. I have also toured around Europe and what I've learned is that: wherever you are people who have nothing will share all they have with you, yet people who have it all will try to take everything from you.
Thank you for all the work you do, rest and heal up my friend, you deserve the time off.
Please Gary never stop what you're doing !
Having someone with your background in this position is very rare.
Share & Educate. Thank you so much, you give me hope
Have a great vacation, it is well earned. Thank you for sharing with us all.
Very strong Gary. Powerful, convincing, on the edge of deeply tragic insight as the collapse intensifies. Bravo.
Real G! Thx Man
I am 23 years old and want to thank u 4 everything u done 4 us
You're welcome boss
Once I asked the head of a U.N. teaching program to entrepreneurs in developing countries to add a big red heart to the man in suit they wanted to use as a logo. I argued that if the U.N. wasn’t showing that businesses can show heart, no one would.
Guess what? They laughed it off and didn’t take me seriously…
We all have a role to play in moralizing our world ; failing is worth trying. Again and again and again, until they understand.
Thanks for this heartfelt true talk, Gary! 😘
@@bubblybull2463 I love that idea. Entrepreneurs in developing countries really are the driving force of reducing poverty and providing income to struggling families. Many of them understand their role in their world.
You're a good man, Gary Stevenson.
Simply the best video I've seen on UA-cam all year. This should be required viewing for all high school students... and definitely all economic majors. ❤
All voters
Someone once said "there's a lot of crabs in a barrel, but crabs don't belong in a barrel and no one ever thinks about that." This lecture was so real, you spend all this time fighting for financial freedom and then realise why it had to be a fight in the first place.
Our economy is like a flailing fish, fighting for its life. The normal state of the U.S. economy is actually very bad. Because of this it goes into convulsive spasms fighting to grow any way it can out of desperation. Tricks, gimmicks, rule changes try to stimulate the economy >>and prevent it from falling but they only bring temporary relief to people since, when you factor in inflation we are declining.
Inflation is gradually going to become part of us and due to that fact any money you keep in cash or in a low-interest account declines in value each year. Investing is the only way to make your money grow and unless you have an exceptionally high income, investing is the only way most people will ever have enough money to retire.
How can i get started when it comes to investing and passive income?
I usually go with registered representative; Zachery M Demers, He provides a more grounded approach, looking at factors like market demand, regulatory changes, and adoption trends. This approach enable to make informed decisions rather than solely relying on emotional market dynamics
he often interacts on Telegrams
What an amazingly intelligent and insightful man. What a kind soul. You ARE making a difference. Don’t get bogged down in the quagmire of doubt!
Mate, I'm from Australia, and the algorithm had just happened to spit your video out on my stream. I can't believe I have just found you. I have shared with EVERYONE I know. We need to get you out there in a major way!! If there is anything I can ever do to help in any way, please feel free to contact me. Your videos on economics are blowing my mind!! I also have grown up in a poor family, but unfortunately, I am not even in the same universe relative to your knowledge. I am just a roof tiler, a tradie struggling to make a living, and it's just getting increasingly harder. Is it possible you have the capability to pull millions of struggling people/families together, have them throw in together, and beat the banks and investment firms at their game? I feel your purpose is to slowly level the playing field, basically saving us from ourselves!! I have never heard anyone from finance/economics just lay the bare-bones truth on the masses. Sorry bro, I'm sounding like a fkn tool. Just majorly impressed!!! 👍
This is rhetorically amazing. As a bassoon player coming from the cultural middle class I have gotten things because I play bassoon and others don't. Not because my parents planned for that in particular, but because of the "educated ideal" where they encouraged me to do things like this. They encouraged me to learn and try new things because they had the energy and resources to let me try out who I wanted to be.
Later this happened to be what employers were looking for. It is as if it was rigged from the start.
So what would the ideal solution have been then? No bassoon for you? Bassoons for every child?
I didn’t need a bassoon. I need, right now, for insane liberals to stop trying to save the world to ease their own guilt.
We need bassoon players, no worries. All that matters now is we tax that concentrated wealth.
@@LinusBerglund Ah I see my reply got deleted as always.
Wonderful speech Gary! I had tears in my eyes. Thank you so much. Have a good time in Japan and come back refreshed. We need you!
One of the most important voices of our lifetimes pleeese listen to all of this.
Really moving speech Gary I am holding back the tears. Let’s hope our Government has enough understanding to start to make it better.
JFC! Gary, I want to say thank you from the very deepest part of my heart! You have nailed the current struggles we face as a people.
But your deep humanity and understanding of the experience of poverty raises all of this talk to the point of essential viewing by anyone who is interested in a true discussion of the realities of economics at a human level! I have shared this talk with all my students. Courage and thanks to you,
Ivan
Have a great time in Japan. I got a price to go for 6k but could not afford it. Don’t change anything about you, you are authentic. Thanks for your insights.
Wondering what personality type you are? I feel sick most days watching what’s happening. I’m a ENFJ.
6k how?
I've wanted to read your book, although I haven't prioritised it. After all, who wants to read about a deplorable Citi Bank trader bragging about himself for several hundred pages. I have to say, this completely changed my mind. This is the strongest and most impactful writing I've listened to in a long time. Many people have stories, but few have a voice like yours. Brilliant.
I really enjoy this channel. It is a single "voice" that cuts through modern economics (weve never had a fiat money supply used across the globe before). It pulls together so many themes and influences, and crucially it aligns with what i see with my eyes and what i hear with my own ears. It is genuinely 'educational', so thank you.
Man, thanks for sharing some of your story. Cheers from France. And take good care of you. We need voices like yours to help us stay in touch with reality, and do better as a society
Thank you. You have put into words my thoughts. Now I can use your video to eloquently and reasonably explain this to other people. Please, never give up even though you must be carrying a heavy load.
Inequality is by design. There are those who force it. Have a great trip Gaz, and get yourself some feet up time.
Could someone please define equality? What you are saying makes no sense to me. I have no framework where what I think you mean is at all possible or even desirable.
@@nunyabidness3075 they are communists, they say things that are not true to achieve their goals. men are not created equal in the first place, so we can put that to rest.
@@nunyabidness3075 Arbitrary economic decisions - 0% interest (for extended periods of time), negative interest rates, wages not keeping up with yearly inflation, long-term quantitative easing that is directly mainly at financial entities, workers not being given a logical form of ownership for their work and loyalty (shares/dividends are directed at owners, and are rarely distributed to workers - i.e. a partnership).
Then there's the 'tech' side of things - endless subscriptions and software as a service, overriding the fact that the marginal rate of software tends to 0 and is everywhere in the economy (think about this one for a bit - a hint: capital).
The key question here is: who gets the benefits of all of these economic 'tools'?
And secondly, what is the reasoning behind them, that proves it.
The point however is: why are the benefits not proportionally distributed to people involved - this you can use to define (in-)equality.
@@HunteronX So, you want equality in pay? Everyone gets the same hourly rate? Is that how you are defining equality?
@@nunyabidness3075 What I'd like is that earned income (working for salary) is at least taxed similarly to unearned wealth-based / passive income (dividends, capital gains etc.).
Secondly, consistent rules on quantitative easing / money printing (which devalues currencies) and where the money goes (like outcomes checks and service-level agreements with the public).
Thirdly, a tying of currency to real materials prices / difficult to produce asset values (think something like the gold standard), to avoid rapid asset inflation from devalued currencies and sudden speculation on needed resources - simplifying a bit here.
All of this should mean that wealth needs reasons to make more wealth - i.e. be tied to the economy of the general public (no more two-tier economy of earned vs unearned income).
And that's about it really.
Watched this a couple times now. We needed a banker like you truth be told. Just like we need an Oil CEO like you and so on. We need wealthy people that are empathetic for the people they grew up with when they were less well off and to use their platform to blow the whistle.
The argument is about character; and yours Gary my friend is prolific, for you to commit so much of your life to seeing the majority who will be effected the most speaks volumes. You’ve also served as an educator on this topic while so many love its benefits you dug deep. I believe it’s very revelatory that you see pass the fluff and lead with compassion about change. ❤
Wow! Gobsmacked! What an enlightened spirit you are. We need far more like you to win this evil war against greed and selfishness we find ourselves in. Thank you ever so much my friend. ❤
I was raised, in part, by grandparents who raised their family during the Great Depression. The first to go were the men who lost what they thought was great wealth. Overcome by fear and despair, they took their own lives. Those who made it through were resourceful and self-sufficient, (cooperate with your family, friends and neighbors, forget the govt) or they learned to become so. It's a mind game. Your survival depends less on your education, economic status and intelligence than on your mindset, attitude and your courage.
Thank you for the e practical advise. I do hope it’s not to late to avoid the worst of it, though.
💯
This guy ...I and most of us don't just want to "survive"
@jean-pierresteenberg In Chimney Rock, you've got to survive to thrive. Survive long enough to see things iron out. Then build Rome again if that's what you want to do...
Hey Gary, your channel is perfectly right about what needs to happen economically.
And I salute you for "sticking to your lane" and not being drawn into a traditional political analysis, we can get that elsewhere.
About the future of the channel, my suggestion, for what it's worth, is to have conversations with heterodox economists like Stephanie Kelton and Kate Raworth to find common ground and common cause with them.
Anyway have a great time in Japan, we look forward to all the new insights you bring back!
Just found this channel after the Insider interview. You're doing good work here. I appreciate it.
Much love Gary. From one East LDNer to another. Your personal story resonates with me, and your heart and love for others is what the struggle is about. You are a leader.
“To surmount the situation of oppression, people must first critically recognise it’s causes, so that through transforming action they can create a new situation, one which makes possible the pursuit of a fuller humanity. But the struggle to be more fully human has already begun in the authentic struggle to transform the situation. Although the situation of oppression is a dehumanised and dehumanising totality affecting both the oppressors and those whom they oppress, it is the latter who must, from their stifled humanity, wage for both the struggle for a fuller humanity; the oppressor, who is himself dehumanised because he dehumanises others, is unable to lead this struggle.” - Paulo Freiré - Pedagogy of the Oppressed.
Big up and enjoy that bike ride 🇯🇵👊❤️
Thank you Gary, you are spot on, the Camus plague comparison is also strikingly accurate.
No matter what happens next on Earth, I am glad I could witness someone that stood up and spoke the truth, I feel less alone for it.
Thanks yofuru
Growing up in the 50's and 60's was so much fairer for those poor but from the 80's onwards it got worse again. Went backwartds. The old system took over again and hasn't stopped since destroying what was left of the 1945 great change.That great change has to happen again. You are explaining what should be obvious but has been forgotten. All strength to you.
Brilliant talk, Gary. It made me cry. Hilarious thing is, I'm from a very similar background to you, lived in a council house, single-parent family, on benefits my entire childhood. Still, somehow, my mum managed to get me an OBOE and, back then, you had free music lessons. I still play it today 40 odd years later, so that part made me laugh. Aside from that, I think the most telling part of your talk was the quote from your Japanese friend who said that the rich have small hearts. That's what we're fighting against and sadly those in charge of making decisions that could make a difference also have small hearts. Hope you come back feeling refreshed from your Japan trip.
Gary is so important.
He came from nothing.
He succeeded the rat race.
Now he imparts humble knowledge and experience along with perspective, upon those of us who struggle, like he did growing up.
@sg-go5li he came from nothing ? He was an inherently gifted mathematician who grew up a stones throw away from one of the world's richest financial districts.
@@aaroninglyes he came from nothing. He worked hard on his education. It wasn't gifted to him. He grew up in the impoverished part of town. Being a stone throw from financial district doesn't mean anything. Where's the logic?
@@aaroningl talent is nothing without hard work. There’s poor and poorer, but doesn’t change the fact he made it out the gutter
@endri6089 for the children who are gifted mathematicians, doing maths is found enjoyable. It doesn't feel like hard work to them. In fact, doing anything other than maths is the real challenge. Hence, they end up in maths based careers.
@@the1ceman he always excelled in maths. He says it himself.
Hey Gary. I just stumbled across one of your interviews and then this channel. You NEED to up your UA-cam algorithm and thumbnail game. Same as how a website requires SEO so does the channel. Imagine Patrick Boyle who has managed this and gotten a much wider range of audience outside just economy nerds. Your content is amazing. Spread the word.
Thanks boss, we are planning to open up to funding and we might use some to get this kind of support
Please do mate, this was truly one of the most sensational talks🙌 You and your work has system changing potential. Open up your funding and we got your back..Enjoy Japan!
Just finished the book. It took me a few days to read on and off. So good!! Funny! Emotional! The Free state Podcast interview with Gary was great. So I got the book from Ottawa Library. And I loved the ending Postscript!! I cried! Good tears 😭 for the heart in Gary and the drive to win. Or do the right thing! And never give up
"Good luck, and thank you."
Something about that ending sent chills down my spine. From what it looks like, even if we fight to prevent it, a "collapse" is inevitable.
To be human is to fight against it, regardless, and give your all to avoid an outcome that may be beyond your own individual ability. To remain sane is to hold on to the hope that with your efforts, others will remain sane as well-- inspired to do the same as you.
To remain a David, having faith and confidence in what is good, righteous, and just, against a Goliath that would otherwise surely defeat you.
What would you do? This is what you should do, less what seems inevitable become absolute and all encompassing.
I grew up comfortably off. I had decent jobs and made decent money but I was raised a socialist and an immigrant so I always knew I had things others, even in my own extended family didn't have. But now, I look around London and I see people spending so much money. I'm impacted by the cost of living. People with less than me are worse impacted. And yet, in parts of London, every restaurant is full, clothes are still flying out of expensive shops, people are throwing toddlers birthday parties costing tens of thousands of pounds. And I don't understand it. The inequality is disgusting and it's growing.
Very Profond, heartfelt message the world needs more people like you gary 🙌
I love the spoken word poetry in your speech, ironically delivered to those majority ‘rich kids’ from Eton now going to Cambridge. Very emotive. The rich will never care for the poor unless made to do so. What does that mean? We need a revolution.
Robinson is not full of ex Etonians I can assure you.
They only care when their own lives are directly threatened
You're awesome, Gary. I was raised Catholic. I'm no longer part of the religion but there are a lot of morals I appreciate from my upbringing. We also actually read the New Testament. Feed the hungry, clothe the naked, etc. Blessed are the poor. It is harder for a rich man to enter heaven than for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle. These parts seem to be left out quite a bit though, especially in American where the prosperity gospel has such a strong foothold.
A good, deep, heartfelt lecture showing how life really is. Why is there is so much inequality, not just in Britain but globally? Well, money talks and sh-t walks.
Have you seen the old man
In a closed-down market?
Kicking up the paper
With his worn out shoes
In his eyes, you see no pride
And held loosely at his side
Yesterday's paper
Telling yesterday's news
So, how can you tell me you're lonely?
And say for you that the sun don't shine?
Let me take you by the hand
And lead you through the streets of London
Show you something to make you change your mind
Have you seen the old girl
Who walks the streets of London?
Dirt in her hair
And her clothes in rags
She's no time for talking
She just keeps right on walking
Carrying her home
In two carrier bags
So, how can you tell me you're lonely?
And say for you that the sun don't shine?
Let me take you by the hand
And lead you through the streets of London
I'll show you something to make you change your mind
In the all night café
At a quarter past eleven
Same old man
Sitting there on his own
Looking at the world
Over the rim of his teacup
Each tea lasts an hour
And he wanders home alone
So, how can you tell me you're lonely?
Don't say for you that the sun don't shine
Let me take you by the hand
And lead you through the streets of London
Show you something to make you change your mind
Have you seen the old man
Outside the seaman's mission?
Memory fading with
The medal ribbons that he wears
In our winter city
The rain cries a little pity
For one more forgotten hero
And a world that doesn't care
So, how can you tell me you're lonely?
And say for you that the sun don't shine?
Let me take you by the hand
And lead you through the streets of London
Show you something to make you change your mind
Source: LyricFind
Songwriters: Ralph McTell
I just listened to your story / speech. I must say that I haven’t heard anything so raw, profound and inspirational in a very long time🕤 . I am a 65 year old retired person in Alpharetta Georgia. Your story made me think deeply. Kudos 2 U my friend! I hope you have a wonderful break from UA-cam. And may you be Blessed.
Hi Gary, just found you tonight with the Guardian interview. This speech you gave above was very moving. Very raw. I cried for the little boy in you.
It’s funny that a lot of poor people and or middle class try to do something to help others but very few of the rich do.
It would only take a couple of rich families to change the economy but unfortunately they do not want it changed because the truth is that they created it this way by design.
Until you can turn the tide (change the rich) we can only take things day by day and educate as many people as we can, or as you are. Thank you for your beautiful work Gary.
I have this philosophy that is if life is hard for an individual it is the clearest indicator that they are chosen to do great things and that persons life work is equivalent to those 2 cooper coins in the biblical story of the widow, a life that carry more weight than those who vast in abundance… this was so beautiful articulated so profound, a testament of love thy neighbor as you do yourself... OMG Gary you stayed the course and I believe nothing will be in vain. New subscribers I’ve always been intrigued with economics and look forward to your return and to watching your platform. Thank you Gary @51:27 you are chosen you have a heart for the work and I will encourage you to keep up this dire necessary work. I pray for your step to endure and deliverance of mental illness. I pray you continue to serve being the heart of this sector truly bring a living example of transformation for us all over the world 🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾
Gary - you must be enjoying your holiday now.
You know your voice is starting to make an impact. The greens are listening to you, and that’s a start. Of course, it is a huge mountain, but they can all be conquered. I am sharing your stuff and spread the word. Not much m, but every little helps, like they say. Be strong and thank you.
@garysecnomics This made me cry. I hope I'm one of the "good kids". Not from a particularly well off background, but nothing like your childhood. I'm not an economist but want to do something to help, beyond sharing your content.
Fantastic sermon, should be preached on every street corner, church and mosque. I hope you find what you are looking for, to be at peace with oneself is a very difficult achievement.
Have you seen the old man
In a closed-down market?
Kicking up the paper
With his worn out shoes
In his eyes, you see no pride
And held loosely at his side
Yesterday's paper
Telling yesterday's news
So, how can you tell me you're lonely?
And say for you that the sun don't shine?
Let me take you by the hand
And lead you through the streets of London
Show you something to make you change your mind
Have you seen the old girl
Who walks the streets of London?
Dirt in her hair
And her clothes in rags
She's no time for talking
She just keeps right on walking
Carrying her home
In two carrier bags
So, how can you tell me you're lonely?
And say for you that the sun don't shine?
Let me take you by the hand
And lead you through the streets of London
I'll show you something to make you change your mind
In the all night café
At a quarter past eleven
Same old man
Sitting there on his own
Looking at the world
Over the rim of his teacup
Each tea lasts an hour
And he wanders home alone
So, how can you tell me you're lonely?
Don't say for you that the sun don't shine
Let me take you by the hand
And lead you through the streets of London
Show you something to make you change your mind
Have you seen the old man
Outside the seaman's mission?
Memory fading with
The medal ribbons that he wears
In our winter city
The rain cries a little pity
For one more forgotten hero
And a world that doesn't care
So, how can you tell me you're lonely?
And say for you that the sun don't shine?
Let me take you by the hand
And lead you through the streets of London
Show you something to make you change your mind
Source: LyricFind
Songwriters: Ralph McTell
Enjoy the holiday!
Im 45f, broke, unemployed and doing long term house sitting- trying to get my van fixed so I'll have a home on wheels will I job hunt for remote work. No kids thankfully.
20 years ago i was studying environmental management- the realisation of the coming Climate change impacts has led me to want to be mobile, compassionate and resilient while trying to do my bit.
#solarpunk #doughnuteconomics
#slow living
My rent on a beachfront apartment in the city of Burgas Bulgaria is £150 a month. Type D 5 years visas are quite easy to get.
Just saying - Oh and 300 days of sunshine a year.
@@piccalillipit9211 what about as a kiwi?
@@talananiyiyaya8912 YEAH the same as the UK now. I moved here before Brexit so the visa was automatic. But even now its very easy by most country standards. If you have an income or about €500 a month or you have a skill they want, and they want a lot cos its a declining population with a growing economy, or a job - and minimum wage here will pay rent on an apartment.
Dont be a snob bout the old communist-era apartment blocks - they are GREAT and they are in the best locations. You wont need a car cos the public transport is amazing and €18 a month flat rate.
My city is Burgas if yo look it up there is a T shaped thing in the water - im just to the left of that.
Not sure I understand. How does living in a van help the environment? Genuine question.
@@talananiyiyaya8912 I replied in full - but it got deleted. YES its the same for you is the answer
So grateful for the work you’re doing! I watched your Insider interview and you confirmed what I have suspected all along. I stand with you. Let us never give up hope for a better way and as a result - a better future for ALL of us.
This reminded me of Benjamin Zephaniah whose heart and mind transcended his poor background and life of crime to become one of the greatest people this century. I wonder if you ever met? Very moving and utterly gripping. I am a “poor” pensioner who sometimes have my head above water and am pleased to be coping and then gets side swiped by a wave in the form of a bill. Sometimes saved by selling something, sometimes a charitable local council who btw understand better than the government who needs help with energy bills. Suddenly realised at 73 that I grew up poor and still am. Not particularly good person but do try to help others where I can. Stand up stand up don’t give up the fight. Xxxx