“The Trouble with Billionaires, Why Too Much Money at the Top Is Bad for Everyone.” You hear directly from the authors of that book, tax Professor Neil Brooks, and journalist Linda McQuaig. As major political parties represent multi-billionaires to run the government, we need to hear this Radio Ecoshock replay.
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I’ve got two tasty speeches for you: why the billionaires are taking over, and what we can do about it.
A quick note on this week’s program. More than half of Radio Ecoshock listeners are American. We do have people grabbing the podcast from all over the English-speaking world, and beyond. Some of the following speech is about Canada. But wait! Most of the examples of billionaires, and studies of what people really want, are American. You’ll hear plenty about Wall Street, the greedy Hedge Funders, and why Bill Gates doesn’t deserve his billions. And it’s the same picture in the UK, Europe, Australia or China.
That is because many developed nations suffer the same disease: with the help of the media (also owned by billionaires) – a collection of billionaires have taken over the financial system, the political system, and social discourse. As we’ll hear, it’s an unannounced coup. Welcome to the Plutocracy, where Democracy used to be!
You’ll also hear how other countries, like Sweden, deal with the same problems, to create a fair society.
The event at the Vancouver Public Library November 3rd, 2010 was sponsored by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives. This recording is by Alex Smith of Radio Ecoshock. Find more information and links in this show blog: