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Hello. And today I'm not just going to be talking about Barry's economics, but also Gary's economics and Sally's economics and Larry's economics.
I've been doing this channel for about 6 weeks, almost 2 months now. And through doing it, I've realized something pretty huge about my own bias that I did not see before until I started doing this channel. It's around the idea of the bystander effect and authority bias.
I just didn't understand how strong the bystander effect was when you're watching videos like this or you're watching you know, Gary's economics. Like I got into making these videos through being inspired by Gary Stevenson's on Gary's economics and thinking right, I can put my own spin on this experience of inequality from a different perspective. Okay, but I I was like in in my head I was like, yeah, I can have my own spin, but you know, he's nailing it. And it's not that Gary isn't nailing it, but he's one voice. And through making these videos, that bystander effect of thinking that somebody else has got it, I didn't realize how strong it is.
Like you'll be watching this video thinking, oh great, somebody else is talking about it. But there's so few people in the space. Authority bias will dictate that you think or we think and certainly I thought that other people are the experts, but no. Actually, the important message is inequality. The voice of inequality isn't getting heard out there because there's a bias in the million and billionaire owned media and the Eton educated halls of power that they think economics is and wealth creation is all because they've seen the benefits of that.
You are an expert on inequality, genuinely. You're an expert and that needs to get fed back because the voices on inequality just aren't out there cuz there's no funding for it and everyone that suffers from inequality has got two jobs and they've got no time to do anything. So, your voice matters. I know it's exhausting to put stuff out, but there needs to be that feedback loop.
But we've left the idea of policy about wealth and inequality in the hands of billionaires, bankers and Eton trained journalists for too long. Own it, talk about it, feed it back. You are the voice of the effects of economics. So, give voice to it.