Should Billionaires Exist?

Red in the Face Podcast

English - May 24, 2020 12:51 - 1 hour - 102 MB
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In the hellscape that is 21st Century life Jeff Bezos is set to become the world's first trillionaire. The guys discuss how it's possible one individual can lay claim to so much, the reasons why our society allows someone to hoard such wealth and try to give some practical answers to the question: Should Billionaires Exist?

References:

https://novaramedia.com/2019/11/01/why-on-earth-shouldnt-people-be-able-to-be-billionaires/

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2011/apr/30/apple-chinese-workers-treated-inhumanely

https://observer.com/2018/04/amazon-britain-harsh-working-conditions/

https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/B/bo29143391.html

https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/305/305469/the-entrepreneurial-state/9780141986104.html

https://www.vox.com/2016/5/18/11691818/barone-mocetti-florence