Billionaires Don't Know Best

The Gist

Peach Fish Productions

Daily News, News

4.5 • 3.7K Ratings

🗓️ 12 September 2018

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

On The Gist, Vladimir Putin's "private citizen" excuse doesn't hold water. In the interview, philanthropic billionaires are better than villainous ones, but Anand Giridharadas argues they could do better. Instead of insisting on the superiority of private efforts, they ought to pay more taxes and leave some things to the government. Giridharadas' book is Winners Take All: The Elite Charade of Changing the World. In the Spiel, FiveThirtyEight currently says Republicans have a 1-in-6 chance of keeping the House. What else has that kind of odds? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Angie's list is now Angie and we've heard a lot of theories about why.
0:03.9	I thought it was an eco-move for your worst, less paper.
0:07.0	Humph, it was so you could say it faster.
0:09.6	No way.
0:10.4	It's to be more iconic.
0:12.0	Must be a tech thing.
0:13.2	But those aren't quite right.
0:14.8	It's because now you can compare up front prices,
0:17.6	book a service instantly, and even get your project handled from start to finish.
0:21.6	Sounds easy.
0:22.4	It is, and it makes us so much more than just a list.
0:25.6	Get started at Angie.com.
0:27.2	That's ANGI, or download the app today.
0:30.2	The following recording may or may not include instances of words being said
0:35.6	that the FCC would find me for if their long arm could ever reach.
0:43.2	It's Wednesday, September 12, 2018, from Slate.
0:46.5	It's the gist I'm Mike Pesca.
0:48.7	Russian President Vladimir Putin has said in a press conference
0:52.7	that his government is aware of the two men who UK police accused of poisoning
0:59.2	the former Soviets by Sergey Skripal.
1:03.2	And he says that these two men are, quote,
1:06.1	private citizens, not Russian agents.
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