Carlo is joined by Dylan Ratigan to tackle one of the left's favorite questions: Should billionaires exist? The two break down the distinctions between creative and extractive qualities of extreme wealth, explore the revolutionary potential of AI and investigate the weirdest economy we've had in decades.

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00:00:00 Intro

00:00:42 Stock Market Highs vs. Real Economic Pain

00:01:35 The K-Shaped Economy and Political Backlash

00:04:19 Jeff Bezos Proposes Zero Taxes for Bottom Half

00:06:29 Are Billionaires Creating or Extracting Value?

00:10:26 Government Waste and Why Cutting Spending Is Impossible

00:17:20 The Defense Contractor Cartel, Explained

00:24:25 Governing Institutions Serve Themselves, Not the Public

00:30:26 Tech Monopolies Are the Real Problem in America

00:35:50 AI and the Coming White Collar Job Apocalypse

00:40:18 The 2008 Cover-Up and the Rotting Dollar

00:44:23 Bond Market Revolt and Rising Cost of Borrowing

00:56:34 Robot Tax and UBI

00:57:54 What's Up With The Tech Grads?

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