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Did Israel Force Trump Into War?

The U.S. decision to strike Iran was a victory for Israel, which had been pushing President Trump for months on the need to hit the country. Now, Israel’s role in spurring the operation has become a point of political tension. The New York Times journalists Mark Mazzetti and Rone ... Show More

37m 36s

Yesterday

A New Media Empire

The bidding war between Paramount and Netflix over the acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery appeared to come to a close last week, when Netflix backed out. The Times journalists Nicole Sperling, Lauren Hirsch and Jonathan Mahler discuss this Hollywood drama fit for the big scree ... Show More

25m 8s

Mar 3

The Midterms Begin With a Texas-Size Showdown

Democrats and Republicans will head to the polls in Texas today for an election that will send both parties a message about what voters want in Trump’s America. Shane Goldmacher, a national political correspondent for The New York Times, discusses the Senate primary that so many ... Show More

33m 22s

Jan 2024

Billionaires are taking over the world: How 5 richest men doubled wealth while 5 billion got poorer

The world's richest 1% own 43% of global financial assets, and the wealth of the top five billionaires has doubled since 2020, while 60% of humanity got poorer, according to a report by Oxfam, published to coincide with the World Economic Forum meeting of capitalist oligarchs and ... Show More

33m 1s

Aug 2023

Introducing... Good Bad Billionaire

<p>Coming Tuesday 29th August...</p><p>The podcast that finds out how the richest people on the planet made their billions, and then judges them for it. Are they good, bad, or just another billionaire? Each episode BBC business editor Simon Jack and journalist and podcaster Zin ... Show More

2m 4s

Jul 2022

Billionaire Bashing

Zoe Strimpel argues that wealth creation should be the bedrock of politics. She says that while she loathes the arrogance sometimes displayed by the super rich - especially in the present climate where millions are sinking into poverty - it's not billionaires who are the problem. ... Show More

10m 35s

Mar 2024

Bonus: Good Bad Billionaire

In this special episode, Ed Butler brings you a podcast from our friends at Good Bad Billionaire. In the series, presenters Simon Jack and Zing Tseng find out how the richest people on the planet made their billions, and then they judge them. Are they good, bad, or just another b ... Show More

58m 19s

Sep 2023

Cracking the Code of the Rich, with Seth Stephens-Davidowitz

#462: As a society, we’re fascinated by stories of the rich. We hear news, see social media posts, and read books about how others become wealthy, how to maintain that status, and what their lifestyles look like. But what if the media we’re consuming is misleading us? Dr. Seth St ... Show More

47m 48s

May 2024

Carlos Slim: The Billionaire Who Held the Title of World's Richest Man

Paul and Skip sit down for a master class in world economics courtesy of Carlos Slim, the business titan named by Forbes as the richest man in the world from 2010 to 2013. Slim opens up about the tremendous responsibility that accompanies his wealth, his outlook for the global fi ... Show More

59m 23s

Jan 2021

Millionaire Habits That Could Change Your Life

Send us a textMillionaire Habits That Could Change Your Life. In today’s podcast, I will share thirteen millionaire habits, things that self-made millionaires do that poor people do not. According to Fidelity, only 12% of today's millionaires in America inherited a significant po ... Show More

8m 23s

May 2021

Who Is Inherited Wealth?

If you work hard in the United States, there is no limit to the possibility of what you might achieve. That’s the American Dream. But the reality is that America today increasingly resembles aristocratic societies of the past, which were characterized by little social mobility an ... Show More

47m 23s

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