What does the new age of oligarchy mean for the future of art and the cultural sector?

And what can we learn from previous era of extreme inequality?

Weighty question on this episode of the podcast...

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00:00 Intro

02:30 Elon, Tesla, and SpaceX

07:23 The Gilded Age

10:34 Andrew Carnegie

27:27 Busting the Trusts

31:24 Help needed now

36:36 How left wing are you?

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