Gary Stevenson believes that politicians, university economists, central bank economists, and media economists, whose job it is to fix global economic issues, are 'definitely not going to fix it.'

Qualified but non-institutionalized individuals such as Gary Stevenson, Zach Polanski, Richard Murphy, and Grace Blakeley are labeled as populists or pseudo-economists because they present information that the current system is unable to quantify.

Gary Stevenson believes society is not accurately measuring the wealth of the rich or its rapid growth.

Rory Stewart stated that Gary Stevenson is not a professional economist but a city trader who studied an undergraduate degree in economics.

Gary Stevenson believes wealthy individuals like Elon Musk are using their exponentially growing wealth to create systems, such as SpaceX and AI, that will eliminate jobs for ordinary people.

Gary Stevenson believes public-facing economists in government, academia, and media are often not primarily trying to be right, but rather focused on winning elections, publishing papers, or getting clicks.