A profile of financial commentator and former Citibank trader, Stevenson, known for his outspoken views on the economy. He discusses the current bond market crisis, criticizes the UK government's financial policies, and argues that the rich are consolidating their wealth.
when he published The Trading Game, his compelling memoir about life as a trader at Citibank. Now I’m meeting him for the first time in the flesh, ahead of the book’s appearance in paperback, and we’re talking about yet another crisis.
Market movements, market trends: these are all just a disembodied way of saying “rich people”. And Stevenson knows a lot about the rich. After all, he’s one of them, thanks to his years at Citibank and an even more profitable second act trading for his own account. Since 2020 he’s been running, explaining to his 620,000 subscribers how the rich have grabbed everyone else’s money.
I’m going to build something about inequality and taxing the rich, and I’m going to build it on YouTube He was already embroiled in a battle with his employers, who didn’t want to pay his astronomical bonuses unless he stayed. This is apparently very common in the City, and maybe doesn’t come up in conversation much because people making huge bonuses never want to leave.
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