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General who led shadowy army psy-ops unit is new Economist defence editor

Post author:Joe Glenton
Post published:19 June 2026
Post last modified:19 June 2026

The UK legacy media are having a normal one again. The Economist magazine just announced a currently serving British Army general would become its new defence editor upon leaving the military. Turner led 77 Brigade, the army’s propaganda unit, from 2020 to 2022. Current defence editor Shashank Joshi announced Turner as his replacement on 18 June: I’m delighted that Alex Turner will succeed me as defence editor of @TheEconomist later this year. Alex, who is currently an army officer, is highly experienced, an accomplished military historian and a talented writer. He will be a fantastic journalist. https://t.co/kqgT3E39uz — Shashank Joshi (@shashj)…

Why The Economist hates wealth taxes

Post author:oscar
Post published:14 June 2026
Post last modified:13 July 2026

This is an AI-written (but human-edited) summary of Gary’s recent video: Why The Economist Hates Wealth Taxes Wealth taxes are on the cover of The Economist this week. Zack Polanski and Zohran Mamdani are pictured. The magazine is against them. We’ve read it so you don’t have to. What The Economist Says The Economist runs two articles on wealth taxes and barely bothers to argue against them. The substantive objections amount to two sentences: wealth taxes would be “confiscatory,” and “seizing the assets of society’s most productive people is a road to economic ruin.” Gary takes each apart in turn. Every…

The economist billionaires fear: this is how we get a wealth tax

Post author:oscar
Post published:24 May 2026
Post last modified:13 July 2026

This is an AI-written (but human-edited) summary of Gary’s recent video: The economist billionaires fear: this is how we get a wealth tax In his previous video on Rory Stewart, Gary promised that the response to accusations of fringe economics would not just be rhetoric, it would be evidence. He said he was reaching out to the most reputable economists in the world who share his analysis, and that the first to appear on the channel would be Gabriel Zucman. Who Is Gabriel Zucman? Gary opens by contextualising his guest. Zucman is a professor at the Paris School of Economics and…