Graham Allison
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548 appearances
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first heard Mar 2026
last heard 9 Mar
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in terms of the split between wealthy and poor or rich and poor.
If you look at who's benefited for the last generation in terms of the 0.01%, the 1%, the 10%, the 20%, that's us and all the people that we know virtually.
And therefore, when we say the market is third year in a
in a bull market.
And my goodness, here it's up 15 or 16 percent or this 80 or 70 percent of people.
This is not part of their lives.
And when I look at the numbers about both what I think the facts are and then even more people's perception, it's just not stable in a democracy.
If everybody gets a vote and if the top 10 or 20 percent are taking
80% or 70% of the pie, that's not stable and sustainable, I think.
And it's a political invitation for a populist and demagogic... I mean, you don't even have to be a demagogue to say that's not fair, that's not reasonable.
So I think that it's not... I mean, this is beyond my...
I mean, I can hardly deal with the problems I focus on.
This one is one that I look over my shoulder and think, gee, wait a minute.
First, this can't be true.
But then whenever I've been looking into the numbers lately, they look as bad as they appear.
And then this is extremely dangerous.
And I would say, yes.
And so I haven't heard people talking about plausible ways in which...
you know, this could be addressed.
But I think it's an invitation, you know, for some more radical ideas.
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