Uploaded June 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Economic journalists are going all-in against wealth taxes. Do they have valid criticisms, or are they trying to mislead us?

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00:00 Intro
00:55 Are we a meritocracy or an inheritocracy?
06:53 Inheritance tax vs wealth tax
12:27 Would it deter innovation?
18:52 Taxing the most productive people
21:07 The Economist’s integrity
22:21 What our intellectual elites think
25:40 Confused or misleading?
27:30 They are trying to distract you
28:42 Why journalists bat for billionaires
30:26 Message to the wealthy
34:47 Wealth taxes are NOT far-left
36:56 We need the intellectual classes
38:45 They are scared we’re going to WIN

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