DURATION: 10 MIN | DATE: OCTOBER 9, 2022 | CATEGORY: WEALTH INEQUALITY
Ep 02 Tax the rich: Why "trickle down" economics doesn't workÂ
Allowing rich people to accumulate money will not grow your economy.Â
Notes & Key Takeaways
Investment
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Investment will only grow your country's economy if that investment is in new productive assets. When rich people accumulate money, they don't need to build new productive assets. They can just buy existing ones.Â
The rich aren't investing
In the last few years, we've seen a massive increase in the cash holdings of very rich people, but they didn't use that money to build new productive assets. What they did instead was give that money to their children and their children used it to buy houses.Â
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John Anderson
The way wealth inequality was broken down in this episode is genuinely eye-opening. Gary has a talent for making macroeconomics feel personal and urgent.
Elena Rodriguez
Could someone clarify the source of the conflict metrics mentioned around the 12:45 mark? Zee's analysis is brilliant as always.
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