Why America has more billionaires than ever (From the archives)
The episode explores America's escalating wealth inequality, framing the ultra-wealthy's extravagant lifestyles — like Jeff Bezos’s $500 million yacht wedding — as symbols of a deeper structural crisis. It argues that extreme wealth concentration is reshaping politics, eroding democracy,
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