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EPISODE · Feb 20, 2026 · 40 MIN

Salaries are for Suckers

from Everybody's Business · host Bloomberg and iHeartPodcasts

While salaries are an anchor in many Americans' lives, billionaires instead rely on investment income and tax avoidance to line their pockets. Professor and author Ray Madoff takes us behind the curtain of the mega-rich and their asset-saving tricks, just as states like California and cities like New York debate how to address their crushing budget shortfalls. Plus, what Generation Alpha thinks about your skinny jeans, and Steven Colbert takes on the FCC.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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