Is the American Dream Dead? w/ Freddie Smith

Over the past 50 years, Americans created roughly $140 trillion in new wealth. Roughly two SpaceX’s worth of wealth reached the bottom half. Actor-turned-economic-commentator Freddie Smith argues the American dream isn't dead, but the timeline to reach it has become unreasonable for the typical worker. Is he right, and what would it actually take to fix it?

Ricky Mulvey and Malcolm Ethridge are joined by Freddie Smith, author of the upcoming book Generation F****d, to discuss:

Freddie's radical tax plan: scrap every federal tax and replace it with a 10% levy on gross revenue.

The case for banning stock buybacks, and Malcolm's pitch to just raise the dividend instead.

How a capital gains tax holiday for mom-and-pop landlords could unlock frozen housing supply.

Whether regular 401(k) investors are locked out of the real growth happening in OpenAI, Anthropic, and SpaceX.

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Hosts: Ricky Mulvey, Malcolm Ethridge

Guest: Freddie Smith

Engineer: Tim Sparks

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