02.14.2018 - By Karl Fitzgerald
A key forum from none other than the World Economic Forum, Davos asks ‘How is Rentier Capitalism Aggravating Inequality?’ Renegade economists’ ears will prick up at such a title, where a sophisticated discussion of monopoly rents, patents, globalisation, populism and land rents ensue. Panelists Ricardo Haussmann and Guy Standing dig in deep.Show notes via http://www.earthsharing.org.au/2018/02/even-davos-is-discussing-the-influence-of-rentiers-on-inequality