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Friedberg: Social Security should be replaced with equity-invested 401(k) accounts
“Like, every American, instead of having a social security account, they should have the equivalent of a four or one K where they own stocks, and when they retire, they get all those stocks.”
Friedberg: Ending federal student loans solves 90% of education cost inflation
“Education, I think, is probably the easiest, which is if you end the federal student loan program, I think you solve 90% of the problem in education.”
Friedberg: US Should Target Converting 2% of Workers to Capitalists Annually
“And I think the key metric for America should be to convert two percent of Americans from labor to capital each year. If that would be the KPI from America for the next 250 years, we would fucking crush it. Because what that means is that in 50 years, every Am…”
Friedberg: Every productivity surge in history has generated net economic growth
“Productivity means more with less, and growth comes out when productivity happens every single time in human history.”
Friedberg: K-shaped economy is driven by wealth divergence, not job availability
“The K-shaped economy, I just want to go back on this, to your point. I don't think it's about jobs. I think it's about wealth. If you're stuck in that lower 50% because things are so unaffordable, you can't save money. And you can't pay your bills and you're n…”
Friedberg: Tax-free asset transfers fuel runaway wealth compounding
“Anytime that there's a loophole that lets people transfer one asset for another without paying tax on the game, because it's called a tax-free transfer, you gotta cut all that. If you don't cut all that, then people are compounding value without paying taxes w…”