Have I been wrong on the economy this whole time?
4/19/20261 hr 7 min
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The elite think my economic analysis is wrong. They say wealth taxes are not the solution – and growing inequality isn't the biggest problem we face. But are they right? And have I been wrong the whole time?
Chapters
(00:00) Intro
(01:12) What Rory Stewart said about me
(04:04) Why people attack me
(07:24) Who is allowed to talk about economics?
(24:45) Zack Polanski and the Greens
(31:30) Attack on wealth taxes
(41:45) Out of touch elite?
(46:50) Gatekeeping
(51:20) Judge me on my predictions
(54:03) What do we do?
(59:30) Why social media matters
(1:03:04) Help us grow
(1:05:21) Rory Stewart’s book is actually really good
Clips
Transcript preview
First 90 secondsGary Stevenson· Host0:02
[sighs] Okay, so today we're gonna do something, uh, a little bit different. Uh, we're gonna be getting involved in the biggest piece of gossip, uh, slander, uh, some might say libel [chuckles] about me that took place in the last six months while I was away. We are gonna discuss Rory Stewart, his attacks on me, and we're gonna be answering the question: who is allowed to talk about economics? [keyboard clacking] Okay, so I'm gonna provide just the most basic context for people who are maybe... don't know The Rest Is Politics, don't know Rory Stewart, or are not from this country. Uh, The Rest Is Politics is probably the biggest, uh, politics podcast in the UK. Um, it is hosted by two centrist political figures, a former conservative MP called Rory Stewart, and a former Labour strategy advisor under Tony Blair, Alastair Campbell. And they interviewed Zack Polanski, who is the new, sort of, resurgent leader of the Greens, last year in November. And I became a subject of the conversation and, uh, let's... I'm gonna watch, uh, well, I'm gonna show you the, uh, what was said about me back then so you can see for yourself.
Rory Stewart· Soundbite1:18
[claps hands] [sighs] Tell us which economists you're listening to. Who are your ec- intellectual influences here?
Zack Polanski· Soundbite1:23
Brilliant people. So Grace Blakeley, uh, Richard Murphy, who's been doing a lot of work on this, Gary Stevenson, who