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Episode 7: The Parking Lot of Space
$100 billion. It's a lot of money, but can you actually quantify that in your mind? Can you even spend it all in one lifetime? We know you can't take it with you, so why is so much wealth being hoarded by so few? In this episode, Rachel and Rebecca discuss the moral and policy failures that lead to the incalculably rich and, aside from murdering them, what changes could create a more equitable future. Also Rachel shuffles a lot of papers seemingly directly into the microphone, oops!
Originally recorded July 29, 2021.
Information about the absolutely b-a-n-a-n-a-s nature of the billionaire class in the US was obtained here.
Still don’t believe that the average American is paying higher taxes than billionaires? Read about it from Forbes here. Then come back and apologize for doubting us.
For more on how hard it is for the human brain to even comprehend the concept of one hundred billion dollars, check out this Gizmodo article.
If you need a good cry, here’s a YouTube video on everything you could buy (and all the problems you could solve) if you were a hundred-billionaire. Then read this BBC article about the growth of billionaire wealth during the pandemic and this Guardian piece about all the things the US could do if we actually taxed billionaires. You’ll never be happy again! You’re welcome!
The book mentioned by Rebecca, “The Triumph of Injustice,” is written by Emmanuel Saez and Gabriel Zucman and can be found at our favorite Cincinnati bookseller here or at your local library. For the love of god, don’t buy this book from Amazon, you guys.
Looking for more absolutely *pristine* content between episodes? You can follow us on Instagram and Twitter. To help us grow our audience, please be sure to rate and review us on iTunes and anywhere you listen. If you’ve got feedback you’d like to give us directly, you can email us at [email protected]. We’re, like, 80% ready to hear it!
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By Fixed Sign Media$100 billion. It's a lot of money, but can you actually quantify that in your mind? Can you even spend it all in one lifetime? We know you can't take it with you, so why is so much wealth being hoarded by so few? In this episode, Rachel and Rebecca discuss the moral and policy failures that lead to the incalculably rich and, aside from murdering them, what changes could create a more equitable future. Also Rachel shuffles a lot of papers seemingly directly into the microphone, oops!
Originally recorded July 29, 2021.
Information about the absolutely b-a-n-a-n-a-s nature of the billionaire class in the US was obtained here.
Still don’t believe that the average American is paying higher taxes than billionaires? Read about it from Forbes here. Then come back and apologize for doubting us.
For more on how hard it is for the human brain to even comprehend the concept of one hundred billion dollars, check out this Gizmodo article.
If you need a good cry, here’s a YouTube video on everything you could buy (and all the problems you could solve) if you were a hundred-billionaire. Then read this BBC article about the growth of billionaire wealth during the pandemic and this Guardian piece about all the things the US could do if we actually taxed billionaires. You’ll never be happy again! You’re welcome!
The book mentioned by Rebecca, “The Triumph of Injustice,” is written by Emmanuel Saez and Gabriel Zucman and can be found at our favorite Cincinnati bookseller here or at your local library. For the love of god, don’t buy this book from Amazon, you guys.
Looking for more absolutely *pristine* content between episodes? You can follow us on Instagram and Twitter. To help us grow our audience, please be sure to rate and review us on iTunes and anywhere you listen. If you’ve got feedback you’d like to give us directly, you can email us at [email protected]. We’re, like, 80% ready to hear it!