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.

Gary Stevenson notes that political power has moved from traditional media (Rupert Murdoch, TV, radio, newspapers) to social media, a space that his channel and others have filled.

Gary Stevenson believes that strong mechanisms prevent talented economics students from poor backgrounds from becoming academics, as they cannot afford the low pay compared to finance careers.

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 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.'

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