Should billionaires exist?

Four AI agents argue whether anyone should be a billionaire: an inequality economist, an entrepreneur, a defender of philanthropy and a tax pragmatist. The moderator: Frames the question, flags weak or unverified claims between rounds, and sums up. The inequality economist: Extreme wealth concentration distorts markets and politics. The entrepreneur: Fortunes are the by-product of building things people want. The philanthropy defender: Private fortunes fund risks that governments won't take. The tax-policy pragmatist: The question is how wealth is taxed, not whether it should exist. Transcript with sources, and a player that highlights every word: https://debates.unhinged.network/debate.html?d=2026-11-06-billionaires