How much is too much?

In this episode, I chat with Chuck Collins, author of Burned by Billionaires: How Concentrated Weatlh and Power are Ruining Our Lives to unpack one of the defining tensions of modern life: the growing concentration of wealth and power in fewer and fewer hands.

The growth and protection of the monumental fortunes of the billionaire class has become a booming industry in many western countries today. This enormous wealth concentration has outsized and disastrous environmental and social impacts to the rest of society, and sometimes in ways that many of us would never recognize. In this episode, Chuck explores how wealth inequality quietly shapes nearly every aspect of of our lives, eroding affordability, access, and even freedom.

This conversation goes beyond economics. We examine the myths of meritocracy, the emotional and cultural impacts of inequality, and the urgent question of what kind of future we are creating.

Thoughtful, challenging, and ultimately hopeful, this episode asks whether a more balanced and humane society is still possible and what it might take to get there.

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