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The UK is so rich on paper, and yet unable to meet so many of our basic needs.
Once the ‘workshop of the world’, our economy has shifted from productive to extractive: instead of creating real wealth, we strip out what we already have and funnel it into rents, interest, profits, and sell-offs to wealthy (often foreign) investors.
I’m Martin Whitlock, writer and artist, and I’ll be using words and images to reveal how this plays out in real time. By noticing it and changing the rules of the system driving it, we can reverse the damage and build a sustainable, productive economy that creates real value in all our lives.

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2:41

Why the UK is paying millions to clean up criminal waste - a totally broken system

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The UK education system is failing millions, and it’s killing our economy | Episode 9

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Is Big Finance actually draining the UK? The hidden cost behind those ‘Good News’ investments.

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Paid vs Unpaid Work: The Truth About the UK Economy | Episode 8

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The Budget: fiddling at the edges of a broken system.

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What can inequality tell us about so-called "free markets"? | Episode 7

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The Climate Crisis is fuelled by an economy only concerned with money

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How can we make good economic decisions if we don't first work out what we value? | Episode 6

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The Budget: no way the government can win without changing the rules

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The UK’s lawyer boom and what it reveals about a failing economy | Episode 5

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Is the UK really unproductive, or are we just measuring the wrong things?

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Why the UK economy runs on trading, not real work, and why it’s killing growth | Episode 4

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This week in Bonkers Economics - Bank Profits and Gold Market Trends

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We've completely sold out to foreign investors and what it means for the UK economy | Episode 3

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This week in Bonkers Economics - electricity prices are going crazy!

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The hidden crisis in the UK Economy: making less, extracting more | Episode 2

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This Week in Bonkers Economics: Inequality harms our brains and China is leaving the West trailing

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This Week in Bonkers Economics: From Water Hikes to Endless Pints!

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12 reasons why the UK economy is broken | Episode 1

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Are overpaid bosses wrecking the economy?

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Can greater equality make us all richer?

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Why don't we value unpaid work?

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Big bank profits - are they good or bad for the UK economy?

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Why the government won't re-nationalise water

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The Great British Water Rip-off Explained

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Why does wealth and power end up in so few hands?

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The failings of the rich West

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A free market? Not really...

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Why don't governments support the Universal Basic Income?

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Changing the economic narrative

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Must the economy keep on growing?

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Can "levelling up" really work?

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Why are homes in the UK so expensive?

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Where does all the money go?

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Why wealth and money are not the same thing at all (and why it really matters)

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The UK Energy Market is Broken

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Why rising house prices are bad news for all of us - including homeowners

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