Rosie Bloor

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Economist Podcasts · For bucks’ sake: the rise of self-made billionaires · 23 Jul 2026 podcast

Some talk about their mere existence as a policy failure. voice-verified

But just as the political class thinks it's hit on a winning message, something unexpected is happening. voice-verified

Billionaires are becoming more legitimate. voice-verified

Callum Williams is our senior economics writer. voice-verified

So there's a lot of anti-billionaire sentiment, but not all of it's warranted. voice-verified

How did you reach that conclusion? voice-verified

So these competitive billionaires, those who have made the money for themselves, hopefully without ties or gaming the system, where have they made their money from? voice-verified

So if it's not the system, why are we seeing such a rise in the self-made billionaire? voice-verified

You say that these self-made billionaires aren't rich because of the system. voice-verified

But surely there are some things about the system that you could still be gaming, even if you haven't got your wealth through bribing someone or through getting a whole sector of the economy. voice-verified

For example, you could be paying yourself a lot. voice-verified

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We see a rise in inequality, in inequality of wealth creation, and in the amount of tax that people pay. voice-verified

Where does all that come into this? voice-verified

And yet, of course, wealth taxes are still a really hot topic. voice-verified

Does the fact that more and more billionaires are self-made from competitive means, they haven't inherited it, they haven't gamed the system, mean that there's less of a case for a wealth tax? voice-verified

Callum, thank you very much. voice-verified

And speaking of billionaires, earlier this week, our editor-in-chief, Sani Minton-Beddoes, interviewed Elon Musk for The Insider, our video offering. voice-verified

If you're a subscriber, you can watch that interview later today or hear an audio version of it in the same feed as you're listening to this podcast. voice-verified

And on tomorrow's show, we'll hear from Sani about what she made of that discussion. voice-verified

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