#127 - Ewen Stewart - The Leviathan State, Civilisational Decline & the Way Back

Ewen Stewart is one of the UK's sharpest economic thinkers. 

In this conversation, we unpack what's gone wrong, from bloated welfare and debt-fuelled decline to brain drain, overregulation, collapsing growth and the cultural death spiral hollowing out the UK.

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TIMESTAMPS:
00:00:00 – Introduction  
00:05:00 – Growth Collapse Since 2008  
00:07:17 – Austerity Was a Myth  
00:10:00 – Quangos, Control & Chaos     
00:17:58 – Brain Drain & Stagnation  
00:20:39 – The Rich Are Leaving  
00:23:01 – Lessons From Ireland  
00:25:51 – Britain's Last Assets  
00:27:15 – What Killed Entrepreneurship  
00:30:54 – Can We Cut the State?  
00:33:30 – BBC, Civil Service & Pushback  
00:35:48 – Reform Needs a Plan  
00:38:40 – Spending Cuts & Tax Strategy  
00:41:00 – Employment Law Is Killing Jobs     
00:50:12 – Sound Money & Tax Cuts  
00:52:55 – Energy Prices Are Killing Industry  
00:56:25 – The Civil Service Is Unaccountable       
01:10:30 – Culture, Decay & the Death Spiral  
01:13:00 – What Sound Money Really Means  
01:16:30 – Why Keynesianism Dominates Everything  
01:21:00 – Why We Need a Counter-Revolution  
01:26:00 – Hope, Talent & the 11th Hour
01:29:40 – Britain's Economic Identity Crisis  
01:38:30 – Why No One Wants Growth  
01:42:00 – Final Thoughts

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