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Mar 2025
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EMERGENCY DEBATE: They Lied About The Ec...

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Is the economy on the brink of collapse? Gary Stevenson and Daniel Priestley break down the emergency financial crisis no one is talking about


The Diary Of A CEO’s economics debate is joined by 2 experts: Gary Stevenson and Daniel Priestley. Gary Stevenson 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.


In this conversation, Gary, Daniel, and Steven discuss topics such as, whether there is a financial apocalypse looming, if both the US and the UK are running out of money, how the next financial crash could be worse than 2008, and why millionaires are fleeing the UK. 


00:00 Intro

02:10 Who Is Gary Stevenson?

07:30 Who Is Daniel Priestly?

10:04 The Importance of Economic Freedom

11:56 Who Are We Blaming for the Economic Situation?

13:32 The UK & US Debt We're Carrying From COVID

17:44 Is There Financial Security for Most of Us in 2025?

26:13 What Does Gary Think of Daniel's Views?

28:58 The Current Homeownership Situation

34:21 US vs UK Market With Building Technology

36:38 Taxing Billionaires

41:03 Do You Tax Their Value or the Countries Where They Trade?

45:36 Why Are Millionaires Leaving the UK?

48:49 Stopping Profit Shifting of Companies

52:40 How $10M+ Companies Avoid Taxes

58:01 Where Is the Biggest Amount of Money Going?

01:00:06 How to Bring Big Tech Companies and Entrepreneurs to the UK

01:04:45 Are Tax Evasions Causing Issues With NHS, Education, and Higher Crime?

01:10:31 Why Poor People Are Struggling to Build Wealth

01:19:49 Ads

01:20:53 How to Create Wealth in the Economy

01:37:17 Monopolies

01:40:18 Advice to Younger People

01:45:02 What to Do as a Young Person

01:47:12 Take Action: Play the Cards You Are Dealt

01:51:45 Do We Have Personal Responsibility to Change This?

01:54:05 Is the Current Education System Failing Us?

02:00:56 Inheritance Taxes

02:04:50 Ads

02:10:05 America's Approach to Building Wealth



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