Ezra Klein: “Is a society that has that level of wealth inequality a…”

“I know there is a lot of difficulty around the implementation of something like this. We both know that. I guess what I'm asking you is you're here quoting Plutarch to me. Yeah. Is a society that has that level of wealth inequality a politically stable or inevitably just. And that was the point he was making. That's why I say if you don't democratize the economy, you can't save our democracy. That's where populism is rising.” (52:49–52:59)

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