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Video | Income & Inequality

Dead Wrong: Billionaires in the 21st Century

Have you heard what's happened to Capital in the 21st Century? The rich get richer, and they pass on their wealth to the next generation, so a new capitalist aristocracy is perpetuated. Well...that's Dead Wrong.

Johan Norberg — Nov 9, 2016

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    Johan Norberg is a senior fellow at the Cato Institute. He is the author of, "Progress: Ten Reasons to Look Forward to the Future."

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