Should We Have Billionaires?

About this episode

Justin Wolfers discusses the implications of billionaires and crony capitalism in America.

Justin Wolfers is a professor of economics at the University of Michigan and author of the Platypus Economics Substack. In this episode, he joins Charlie to make the case against big tech moguls, discuss the price tag of Trump's Iran adventure, and talk about how crony capitalism is reshaping America. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

People in this episode

Host: Charlie Sykes

Guest: Justin Wolfers

Topics covered

• billionaires
• economics
• crony capitalism
• big tech
• politics
• Trump's Iran adventure

Keywords

• billionaires
• economics
• crony capitalism
• big tech
• Trump
• Iran

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: University of Michigan, Platypus Economics, Acast

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