Garys Economics: Why does The Economist hate wealth taxes?

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The only way to cut your taxes is to raise tax. Here's why (Jul 19th)
What would an HONEST debate about a wealth tax look like? (Jul 12th)
Why you should watch my documentary that's out this week (Jul 5th)
Do bond markets control the government? (Jul 2nd)
Elon Musk is the world's first trillionaire. How scared should you be? (Jun 21st)
Why does The Economist hate wealth taxes? (Jun 14th)
A wealth tax in the UK is becoming unavoidable (Jun 7th)
Why Jeff Bezos wants to cut your taxes (May 31st)
The economist billionaires fear: this is how we get a wealth tax. Meeting Gabriel Zucman (May 24th)
This is the only way to stop the far right from taking power in your country (May 17th)
Why do asset prices keep going up? (May 10th)
Will elections this week bring down the Prime Minister? (May 3rd)
Will AI destroy the economy? (Apr 26th)
Have I been wrong on the economy this whole time? (Apr 19th)
UK politics has broken a 200 year trend. Here's what happens next (Apr 12th)
The Iran economic shock is coming. How to protect yourself (Apr 5th)
Are we living through a new Victorian era? (Dec 28th, 2025)
Is this Budget the end of UK democracy? (Nov 23rd, 2025)
Goodbye and Good Luck (Oct 19th, 2025)
Is the Labour government finished? (Oct 12th, 2025)
Are Labour unlucky (or are they just rubbish)? (Oct 5th, 2025)
The first politician on Gary's Economics (Sep 28th, 2025)
Will Reform win the next UK election? (Sep 21st, 2025)
How to be the best trader in the world (Sep 14th, 2025)
Storytelling is how you win in politics now. This is why the far right is winning (Sep 7th, 2025)
Is a wealth tax actually workable? (Aug 31st, 2025)
Why our obsession with money is keeping us poor (and why changing interests rates won't make us richer) (Aug 24th, 2025)
Is the economy destroying our mental health? (Aug 17th, 2025)
How to convince your friends, family and networks to support wealth taxes. A step-by-step guide (Aug 10th, 2025)
They're about to tax you more. Why western governments will soon hammer you with tax rises (Aug 3rd, 2025)
How to take over your country using social media (Jul 27th, 2025)
How do we fix the housing crisis? (Jul 20th, 2025)
This is how we stop the UK from falling apart (Jul 13th, 2025)
How close are we to winning higher taxes on the rich? (Apr 20th, 2025)
The week Trump nearly crashed the world economy (Apr 13th, 2025)
They're teaching economics wrong – full interview with Ha-Joon Chang (Apr 6th, 2025)
Special: Can tariffs make us rich? With Ha-Joon Chang (Apr 3rd, 2025)
Why Labour is crushing your living standards (Mar 30th, 2025)
Labour want to come on Gary’s Economics, should I let them? (Mar 23rd, 2025)
How to stop the economy from collapsing (Mar 16th, 2025)
Why isn't compound interest making us all rich? (Mar 9th, 2025)
Understand the Economy Part 4: Inequality is driving everything (Mar 2nd, 2025)
Who's getting rich from your mortgage? (Feb 23rd, 2025)
Why the UK and US governments will both fail. (Feb 16th, 2025)
Why is the alt-right so attractive to young men? With Jimmy the Giant (Feb 9th, 2025)
How to stop the rich from taking your house (Feb 2nd, 2025)
How very rich and powerful people think. What I learnt at Citibank (Jan 30th, 2025)
Understand the Economy Part 3: Why is Inequality Ignored? (Jan 26th, 2025)
What does Elon Musk want? (Jan 19th, 2025)
Is the UK government bankrupt? (Jan 12th, 2025)
Everything You've Missed on the Economy (Jan 7th, 2025)
I'm back. Here's What We're Doing in 2025 (Dec 29th, 2024)
How to live in a collapsing economy (Aug 18th, 2024)
What's next for me and this podcast? (Aug 11th, 2024)
Understand the Economy Part 2: What Is Wealth Inequality? (Jul 28th, 2024)
Was I right? My predictions 4 years on (Jul 14th, 2024)
Will the rich leave the UK if you tax them more? (Jul 7th, 2024)
Understand the Economy Part 1: What is wealth? (Jun 30th, 2024)
The issue I've been avoiding: immigration (Jun 23rd, 2024)
This is how I'm going to vote in the election (Jun 16th, 2024)
How do we really grow investment in the UK? (Jun 9th, 2024)
I want you to pay less tax (Jun 2nd, 2024)
Rishi Sunak's taxes – the real story (May 26th, 2024)
Inflation will start falling. But your finances will still suck (May 19th, 2024)
The government should tax the super rich and burn the money. Here's why (May 12th, 2024)
You may not have noticed but your wages are falling (May 5th, 2024)
Is passive income the answer? (Apr 28th, 2024)
Why economic "growth" is stupid – and won't fix our problems (Apr 21st, 2024)
How to get rich (Apr 14th, 2024)
Small towns and highstreets are dying because of growing inequality (Mar 31st, 2024)
They're not measuring inflation properly (Mar 24th, 2024)
Why the rich keep getting richer (Mar 17th, 2024)
Why are taxes so high? (Mar 10th, 2024)
How we can reverse the decline of our economy (Mar 3rd, 2024)
Why Game Theory is broken (Feb 25th, 2024)
This is how you'll lose your house (Feb 18th, 2024)
Rents, profits and interest are all the same thing. Here's why (Jan 21st, 2024)
The future of house prices (Jan 7th, 2024)
My economic outlook: house prices, inflation and living standards (Dec 31st, 2023)
How I lost faith in the economists who run the economy (Jun 11th, 2023)
We've designed our economic system to ensure your money devalues forever (May 21st, 2023)
Your financial position is based on how much debt your parents took on (May 14th, 2023)
We will lose the property owning middle class (Apr 30th, 2023)
My prediction for house prices, interest rates and inflation (Apr 9th, 2023)
What is the Asset Economy? (Mar 12th, 2023)
Why don't the government tax the rich more? (Mar 5th, 2023)
Flows of wealth: understand this and you'll understand the economy (Jan 15th, 2023)
I don't want you to trade – but if you do, listen to this first (Dec 18th, 2022)
How your life will be destroyed by the super rich (Nov 20th, 2022)
Are the richest people in the UK paying any tax? (Nov 13th, 2022)
Why "trickle down" economics doesn't work (Oct 9th, 2022)
What does Liz Truss's mini-budget disaster mean for the UK? (Oct 2nd, 2022)
How much money do you need to be rich? (Sep 7th, 2022)
How the rich avoid tax – with Stephanie Brobbey (Aug 22nd, 2022)
Economists in the media have no idea what's going on (May 22nd, 2022)
When does trading turn into gambling? With Matt Zarb-Cousin (Mar 27th, 2022)
The economic crisis caused by Covid (Mar 6th, 2022)
Why are economists' predictions almost always wrong? (Dec 26th, 2021)
Basics of investing – and why you should buy a house as soon as you can (Dec 19th, 2021)
Why is housing so expensive? (Aug 1st, 2021)
What would the economy look like if we fixed wealth inequality? (Jun 7th, 2021)
What is wealth – and how does it differ from income? (Mar 21st, 2021)
My first video: How Covid makes the rich richer (and you poorer) (Jul 14th, 2020)

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