Understanding the past can help you shape the future. In the Victorian era technological innovation created massive new wealth, but it was concentrated in the hands of the few. Can we change things NOW to avoid the same desperate poverty most Victorians lived and died in?

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What I talk about in this episode:(00:00) Intro(01:50) Ghosts of Christmas Past(06:00) Technology may not fix our problems(09:20) History shows us change is possible(13:10) Christmas Present: where are we now?(20:45) Desperation for change(22:09) The future

Gary's back for one episode only. Here's what the UK Budget next week means for you, the economy and democracy.

CHAPTERS

(00:00) Intro

(1:04) Raising taxes

(04:30) UK government debt situation

(09:12) Transfer of wealth to rich

(13:22) Why aren’t they taxing the rich?

(18:40) The elites don’t care

(26:00) The death of democracy

(28:32) What do you do?

(31:15) Hope

(33:08) Know your history

(36:41) Help me get to #1

I'm wrapping things up for now. I'll be back in a few months.

These are the other channels and orgs I think you should follow:

Patriotic Millionaires UK's X

Bold Politics with Zack Polanski's Youtube

JimmyTheGiant's Youtube

Meditations of an Anxious Mind's Youtube

Forest Jar's Insta

Anna Bocca's Youtube

Barry's Economics's Youtube

Louisa Munch's Tiktok

Novara Media's Youtube

Unlearning Economics's Youtube

Punters Politics's Youtube

Chloe Swarbrick's Insta

Ha Joon Chang's Website

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CHAPTERS

(00:00) Intro

(00:24) Why I’m stopping

(03:08) My predictions

(04:34) The rise of anti-immigrant rhetoric

(07:28) We’ve had massive growth

(10:08) Who you should follow

(13:45) Why this is important

(15:23) What’s next?