Inequality
topic on 8 shows · 16 statements across 16 episodes
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16 statements about Inequality, every show
Escobari: Extreme inequality inevitably leads to revolution or taxation
“My crystal ball is not perfect, but extreme inequality in my book leads to either revolution or taxation.”
Morin: AI could reduce software-driven inequality over the next 20 years
“I think this is, there's like a likelihood that the inequality that has been driven by software entrepreneurship up until this point is that kind of a local maxima and that because today anyone in the world can create software at a pace that was impossible six…”
Banga: Prolonged low interest rates increased global inequality over past 20 years
“If you look at the way inequality in the world has gone, in fact, in the last 1520 years, it has increased because of this exact reason. Very low interest rates for a long period of time. Has created this kind of growth of capital return. Those who have money …”
Sorkin: Prediction market speculation is driven by US wealth inequality
“One of the reasons why people are moving to prediction markets and moving to what I would describe as the sort of a lottery ticket approach to life. It's a little bit YOLO. Is a function of the inequality that we have in this country.”
Carvalho: Inequality Is a Vital Premise of a Free Society
“A very important premise of a free society is inequality.”
Das: Economic Growth and Development Consistently Increases Inequality
“Every time there is growth and development, inequality increases, I don't think there's very many situations where that's not the case.”
Baker predicts artificial intelligence will temporarily amplify global inequality
“So I just think AI is going to really amplify inequality for some period of time.”
Housel: Moderate inequality is ideal, but extreme inequality threatens capitalism
“It is inevitable and it is actually ideal that there are some level of inequality. In the world. It's not only inevitable, it's ideal. The opposite of that is, is a nightmare, but it's also the case that you do not want a third of society waking up every morni…”
Lonsdale: Single-parent household rates are a top predictor of poverty
“One of the things data shows us is one of the best predictors, if you want to fight inequality, if you want to fight poverty, one of the best predictors is the share fraction of children who are single parents as opposed to two parents”
Baker: Federal Reserve asset inflation drove wealth inequality and global populism
“The Fed has been a huge contributor to inequality already, and by virtue of juicing the assets that wealthy people own by definition, you know and so that's created a lot of the populist backlash that we've seen politically, not just in the US, but around the …”
Von Ahn: Traditional education increases inequality rather than reducing it
“A lot of people talk about education as something that brings equality to different social classes, but I always saw it as the opposite, something that brings inequality, because what happened, at least, you know, in my case, those who have money can buy thems…”
Andreessen: Productivity gains and price cuts render inequality debates irrelevant
“These effects of technology driving up the marginal productivity of the worker and therefore driving up income while simultaneously driving down the prices of goods and services is just these two factors are so massive and increasing quality of life. That all …”
Cowen: Globalization Inherently Generates Higher Income Inequality
“There's gonna be a lot of inequality the more global is the world, right? Because you're selling iPhones, you know, everywhere, not just to the, your local city. So that's a fact. It's not going away.”
Palihapitiya: Financializing physical assets on blockchain will reduce inequality
“Once you financialize all of these physical assets that we own, you do eliminate an enormous amount of inequality in the system because you can actually get real transparent pricing.”
Luis von Ahn: Education drives socioeconomic inequality instead of equalizing society
“And a lot of people talk about education as something that brings Equality to different social classes, but I always saw it as the opposite, something that brings inequality, because what happened, at least, you know, in my case, those who have money can buy t…”