#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. CONTACT PETE › Website - http://petermccormack.com › Feedback - https://www.petermccormack.com/contact › Email - [email protected] › Instagram - /mccormack555 › X/Twitter - https://x.com/petermccormack/ CONNECT WITH EWEN STEWART › X/Twitter - https://x.com/TheGrowthComm SPONSORS › IREN - https://www.iren.com/ › Ledger - https://www.ledger.com/ › Gemini - https://gemini.com/ › Casa - https://casa.io/ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 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 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - LISTEN / SUBSCRIBE TO THE PODCAST › Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/40ruY9K › Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3Wc94Vu › Fountain: https://bit.ly/FountainPM › YouTube: https://bit.ly/YouTube_PM › Rumble: https://bit.ly/RumblePM FILMED BY CURTIS TAYLOR › https://www.curttaylor.co.uk/ › https://x.com/curttayloruk/ EDITED BY CONOR MCCORMACK › https://x.com/ConorM04 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -