Rebel Economics with Dr. Steve Keen

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Learn 50+ Years of Economics in 10 mins a day. Go watch my most popular economic lesson here: 👉 go.stevekeen.com 👈 --- Join Dr. Steve Keen as he shows you how he predicted the 2008 Financial Crisis YEARS before it happened. Welcome to Rebel Economics with Dr. Steve Keen, hosted by the distinguished economist, author, and professor known for his critical perspectives on mainstream economics. In this podcast, Dr. Keen dives deep into the world of economics, debunking traditional theories and offering insights into how economies actually work. You'll explore topics ranging from debt dynamics to environmental sustainability and the pitfalls of economic orthod...

Episodes(40 episodes)

Season 1 - Episode 108

How mainstreams are collapsing the economy: Top Economist Explains

Learn 50+ Years of Economics in Only 7 Weeks, by applying here: https://www.stevekeen.com(Plus get Ravel — the economic visualization software used in this video — as a bonus if you’re accepted and join.)Why are mainstream economists still teaching the same theories that failed to predict the 2008 Global Financial Crisis? According to renowned economist Steve Keen, the answer lies in a fatal obsession with "equilibrium." While the real world is defined by disruption, volatility, and constant change, neoclassical economics relies on a stagnant model that assumes markets always return to a state...

Published: Jan 28, 2026Duration: 27m 16s

Season 1 - Episode 108

“U.S. interest rates are collapsing the economy” Top Economist Warns

Learn 50+ Years of Economics in Only 7 Weeks, by applying here: https://www.stevekeen.com(Plus get Ravel — the economic visualization software used in this video — as a bonus if you’re accepted and join.)Why is the U.S. struggling to sell its debt in 2026? Renowned economist Steve Keen delivers a revolutionary truth: this isn’t a personal finance failure or a demographic problem. It’s the inevitable collapse of a neoliberal economic model built on debt, deregulation, and financial illusion.In this must-watch video, Steve Keen breaks down how decades of...

Published: Jan 27, 2026Duration: 15m 9s

Season 1 - Episode 101

Top Economist Warns: Everyone Is Wrong About Deficits

Learn 50+ Years of Economics in Only 7 Weeks, by applying here: https://www.stevekeen.com(Plus get Ravel — the economic visualization software we reference in this episode — as a bonus if you’re accepted and join.)Top Economist Steve Keen sits down with Richard J. Murphy for an insightful conversation about why textbook economics so often fail in the real world and what to do instead. From the “theory of the second best” to the Cambridge Capital Controversies, from double-entry bookkeeping to sectoral balances, they unpack how bad assumptions create bad policy, and where Stev...

Published: Dec 31, 2025Duration: 33m 21s

Season 1 - Episode 100

Top Economist Warns: Why the U.S. is on the brink of collapse

Learn 50+ Years of Economics in Only 7 Weeks, by applying here: https://www.stevekeen.com(Plus get Ravel — the economic visualization software used in this video — as a bonus if you’re accepted and join.)Top Economist Steve Keen reveals how high-cost debt is crushing Americans and why current U.S. policies are steering the economy toward crisis. He explains, with clear double-entry accounting and Ravel visualizations, how private bank lending still creates most of the money in circulation, why government deficits actually increase deposits and reserves, and how open-market operations simply shuffle assets...

Published: Dec 30, 2025Duration: 23m 28s

Season 1 - Episode 99

Top Economist Warns: A Reckoning is coming...

Learn 50+ Years of Economics in Only 7 Weeks, by applying here: https://www.stevekeen.com(Plus get Ravel — the economic visualization software used in this video — as a bonus if you’re accepted and join.)Top Economist Steve Keen reveals how high-cost debt is crushing Americans and why current U.S. policies are steering the economy toward crisis. He explains, with clear double-entry accounting and Ravel visualizations, how private bank lending still creates most of the money in circulation, why government deficits actually increase deposits and reserves, and how open-market operations simply shuffle assets...

Published: Dec 29, 2025Duration: 18m 7s

Season 1 - Episode 98

”High-Cost debt is hammering Americans” Top Economist Warns

Learn 50+ Years of Economics in Only 7 Weeks, by applying here: https://www.stevekeen.com(Plus get Ravel — the economic visualization software used in this video — as a bonus if you’re accepted and join.)Top Economist Steve Keen reveals how high-cost debt is crushing Americans and why current U.S. policies are steering the economy toward crisis. He explains, with clear double-entry accounting and Ravel visualizations, how private bank lending still creates most of the money in circulation, why government deficits actually increase deposits and reserves, and how open-market operations simply shuffle assets...

Published: Dec 28, 2025Duration: 20m 33s

Season 1 - Episode 97

“A decade of despair: The great depression” Top Economist Explains

Learn 50+ Years of Economics in Only 7 Weeks, by applying here: https://www.stevekeen.com(Plus get Ravel — the economic visualization software used in this video — as a bonus if you’re accepted and join.)Top Economist Steve Keen reveals how high-cost debt is crushing Americans and why current U.S. policies are steering the economy toward crisis. He explains, with clear double-entry accounting and Ravel visualizations, how private bank lending still creates most of the money in circulation, why government deficits actually increase deposits and reserves, and how open-market operations simply shuffle assets...

Published: Dec 27, 2025Duration: 11m 47s

Season 1 - Episode 96

The Nobel Prize in economics is a fraud: Top Economist Warns

Learn 50+ Years of Economics in Only 7 Weeks, by applying here: https://www.stevekeen.com(Plus get Ravel — the economic visualization software used in this video — as a bonus if you’re accepted and join.)Top Economist Steve Keen exposes the ugly lies behind the Nobel Prize in Economics, revealing how the world’s faith in Ben S. Bernanke’s theories is fundamentally misplaced. He explains, with clear data analysis and accessible financial modeling, how Bernanke’s proposed banking system misrepresents how money is actually created, why his policies overstated the effectiveness of central bank...

Published: Dec 26, 2025Duration: 15m 31s

Season 1 - Episode 95

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Learn 50+ Years of Economics in Only 7 Weeks: apply at https://www.stevekeen.com(Bonus: accepted students who join get Ravel — the double-entry, macro visualization tool used in this video.)In this revealing video, Steve Keen takes us back to the 1929 Great Depression to show how similar economic conditions could lead us to another crisis. He critiques the conventional wisdom, explains why debt-fueled booms lead to catastrophic busts, and highlights a better way forward. Steve’s deep dive into private debt, inflation, and government spending offers a much-needed alternative perspective to m...

Published: Dec 25, 2025Duration: 19m 17s

Season 1 - Episode 94

“Banks are HIDING something from us” Top Economist Warns

https://cyber.stevekeen.comGet exclusive Cyber Monday bonuses including Unlimited Ravel use (my proprietary software I use in this video), Q&A calls with me, 100-Day Guarantee and other exclusives at https://cyber.stevekeen.com⌛️ Ends on Monday Dec 1st 11:59PM EST.Banks don’t “lend out” your deposits, they create money when they lend.In this video, Steve Keen dissects the classcial economist's fractional-reserve story, responds to critics, and uses Ravel to show why the classic money-multiplier only “works” if loans are made in cash. Once...

Published: Dec 7, 2025Duration: 10m 27s

Season 1 - Episode 93

"Housing market is in its worst condition ever" Top Economist warns

https://cyber.stevekeen.comGet exclusive Cyber Monday bonuses including Unlimited Ravel use (my proprietary software I use in this video), Q&A calls with me, 100-Day Guarantee and other exclusives at https://cyber.stevekeen.com⌛️ Ends on Monday Dec 1st 11:59PM EST.Why are homes unaffordable from London to Sydney?Steve Keen shows why the standard “supply & demand” story misses the engine underneath modern housing bubbles: bank-originated mortgage credit. Using long-run BIS datasets, Steve tracks how real house prices decoupled from consumer prices after the 1980...

Published: Dec 6, 2025Duration: 10m 58s

Season 1 - Episode 92

“Britain’s financial crisis no one is admitting” Top Economist Warns

Learn 50+ Years of Economics in Only 7 Weeks: apply at https://www.stevekeen.com(Bonus: accepted students who join get Ravel — the double-entry, macro visualization tool used in this video.)Steve Keen sits down with Sky’s Ed Conway to stress-test the OBR’s terrifying long-run debt charts (274%… 600%+ of GDP) and shows why they rest on a false banking model. Using Ravel, Steve compares the textbook “loanable funds” view with the Bank of England’s 2014 statement on how money is actually created (banks create deposits when they lend). The result: debt-panic projections collapse, and a saner po...

Published: Dec 3, 2025Duration: 21m 52s

Season 1 - Episode 91

“Brutal Truth: UK Housing Market 2025" Top Economist warns

Learn 50+ Years of Economics in Only 7 Weeks, by applying here: https://www.stevekeen.com(Plus get Ravel — the economic visualization software used in this video — as a bonus if you’re accepted and join.)📢 This is a reupload of the original video with improved visuals and audio for a better viewing experience.Top Economist Steve Keen breaks down why the UK’s housing market has gone from “crisis” to “ticking time bomb.” With long-run data and Ravel demos, Steve shows how deregulated mortgage lending not mere shortage p...

Published: Dec 2, 2025Duration: 12m 14s

Season 1 - Episode 90

“The real problem isn't deficits, It's Neoliberalism“ Top Economist warns

Learn 50+ Years of Economics in Only 7 Weeks, by applying here: https://www.stevekeen.comThis video is an extended version of previous video - "Deficits aren't the danger to the US, THIS is..." Top Economist warns(Plus get Ravel — the economic visualization software used in this video — as a bonus if you’re accepted and join.)Economist Steve Keen explains how decades of neoliberal U.S. policies have turned government deficits into a dangerous economic cycle. Using clear double-entry accounting and Ravel visualizations, Steve reveals how the obsess...

Published: Dec 1, 2025Duration: 34m 57s

Season 1 - Episode 89

Proving conventional economists wrong in 12 mins: Top Economist

Learn 50+ Years of Economics in Only 7 Weeks: apply at https://www.stevekeen.com(Bonus: accepted students who join get Ravel — the double-entry, macro visualization tool used in this video.)Banks don’t “lend out” your deposits, they create money when they lend.In this video, Steve Keen dissects the classcial economist's fractional-reserve story, responds to critics, and uses Ravel to show why the classic money-multiplier only “works” if loans are made in cash. Once you enforce real double-entry bookkeeping, the narrative collapses — and the real mechanics of bank-originated money and debt come into...

Published: Nov 23, 2025Duration: 12m 0s

Season 1 - Episode 88

“What’s next is worse than 1929 depression” Top Economist Warns

Learn 50+ Years of Economics in Only 7 Weeks: apply at https://www.stevekeen.com(Bonus: accepted students who join get Ravel — the double-entry, macro visualization tool used in this video.)In this revealing video, Steve Keen takes us back to the 1929 Great Depression to show how similar economic conditions could lead us to another crisis. He critiques the conventional wisdom, explains why debt-fueled booms lead to catastrophic busts, and highlights a better way forward. Steve’s deep dive into private debt, inflation, and government spending offers a much-needed alternative perspective to mainstream economic thou...

Published: Nov 20, 2025Duration: 19m 17s

Season 1 - Episode 87

“Why the US economy hasn’t crashed yet?” Top Economist warns

Learn 50+ Years of Economics in Only 7 Weeks, by applying here: https://www.stevekeen.com(Plus get Ravel — the economic visualization software used in this video — as a bonus if you’re accepted and join.)Top Economist Steve Keen explains how U.S. government policies are driving the economy toward bankruptcy and why the true fix isn’t austerity, but a Modern Debt Jubilee. Using clear double-entry accounting and Ravel visualizations, Steve breaks down how private bank lending still creates most of the money in circulation, why government deficits actually generate deposits and reserves...

Published: Nov 15, 2025Duration: 12m 48s

Season 1 - Episode 86

"Deficits aren't the danger to the US, THIS is..." Top Economist warns | Overview

Learn 50+ Years of Economics in Only 7 Weeks, by applying here: https://www.stevekeen.com(Plus get Ravel — the economic visualization software used in this video — as a bonus if you’re accepted and join.)Economist Steve Keen explains how decades of neoliberal U.S. policies have turned government deficits into a dangerous economic cycle. Using clear double-entry accounting and Ravel visualizations, Steve reveals how the obsession with balanced budgets and market deregulation has weakened the real economy, inflated private debt, and set the stage for financial collapse.He bre...

Published: Nov 14, 2025Duration: 18m 26s

Season 1 - Episode 85

“The real problem isn't deficits, It's Neoliberalism“ Top Economist warns

Learn 50+ Years of Economics in Only 7 Weeks, by applying here: https://www.stevekeen.comThis video is an extended version of previous video - "Deficits aren't the danger to the US, THIS is..." Top Economist warns(Plus get Ravel — the economic visualization software used in this video — as a bonus if you’re accepted and join.)Economist Steve Keen explains how decades of neoliberal U.S. policies have turned government deficits into a dangerous economic cycle. Using clear double-entry accounting and Ravel visualizations, Steve reveals how the obsess...

Published: Nov 14, 2025Duration: 34m 57s

Season 1 - Episode 84

"Something ODD is happening UK housing market" Top Economist

Learn 50+ Years of Economics in Only 7 Weeks, by applying here: https://www.stevekeen.com(Plus get Ravel — the economic visualization software used in this video — as a bonus if you’re accepted and join.)Top Economist Steve Keen breaks down why the UK’s housing market has gone from “crisis” to “ticking time bomb.” With long-run data and Ravel demos, Steve shows how deregulated mortgage lending not mere shortage pushed the price-to-income ratio from ~4.5× in the post-war era to ~9× today, and lays out two concrete, workable policies to restore affordability: PILL (Property Income Limited Lev...

Published: Oct 26, 2025Duration: 13m 52s