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The Billionaire Age Pt 1: How did we get here? From IDEAS

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IDEAS, hosted by Nahlah Ayed is a daily podcast that explores how ideas over place and time shape our world.There are 19 centibillionaires and a growing list of 3,000 billionaires worldwide. So it might not surprise you that the richest one per cent possesses nearly half of the world’s wealth. History has never seen such an extreme concentration of wealth. Some economists argue the battle of the 21st century is between oligarchy and democracy. How did we get here? IDEAS begins a four-part documentary series The Billionaire Age.Listen to more episodes in this series:Listen to Part Two: Disney heiress on the dangers of extreme wealthListen to Part Three: How oligarchs are taking over the worldMore episodes of IDEAS are available here: https://link.mgln.ai/IDEASxFB

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