Emergency Debate: They Lied About the Economy Recovering! Is a Financial Apocalypse Coming? (Video)
In this 20 March 2025 video, host Steven Bartlett has a discussion with guests Gary Stevenson and Daniel Priestley who break down the emergency financial crisis no one is talking about.
Is the economy on the brink of collapse? Gary is a British economist, former financial trader and author of The Trading Game. Daniel Priestly is an award-winning serial entrepreneur who has written 5 books on starting and scaling businesses.
https://youtu.be/4yohVh4qcas
00:00 Intro
02:04 Who Is Gary Stevenson?
07:19 Who Is Daniel Priestley?
09:53 The Importance of Economic Freedom
11:46 Who Are We Blaming for the Economic Situation?
13:22 The UK & US Debt We’re Carrying From COVID
17:34 Is There Financial Security for Most of Us in 2025?
26:03 What Does Gary Think of Daniel’s Views?
28:47 The Current Homeownership Situation
34:11 US vs UK Market With Building Technology
36:28 Taxing Billionaires
40:52 Do You Tax Their Value or the Countries Where They Trade?
45:25 Why Are Millionaires Leaving the UK?
48:39 Stopping Profit Shifting of Companies
52:29 How $10M+ Companies Avoid Taxes
57:51 Where Is the Biggest Amount of Money Going?
59:56 How to Bring Big Tech Companies and Entrepreneurs to the UK
01:04:34 Are Tax Evasions Causing Issues With NHS, Education, and Higher Crime?
01:10:20 Why Poor People Are Struggling to Build Wealth
01:19:39 Ads
01:20:43 How to Create Wealth in the Economy
01:37:07 Monopolies
01:40:08 Advice to Younger People
01:47:01 Take Action: Play the Cards You Are Dealt
01:51:35 Do We Have Personal Responsibility to Change This?
01:53:55 Is the Current Education System Failing Us?
02:00:45 Inheritance Taxes
02:04:40 Ads
02:09:55 America’s Approach to Building Wealth
02:12:23 What to Do At An Individual & Government Level