How Davos Man devours the world (with Peter Goodman)

Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer

Civic Ventures

Business, Government, News, Politics

4.8 • 1.5K Ratings

🗓️ 1 March 2022

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

Billionaires have looted economies, hidden from tax bills, and destabilized democracies for decades. But the subset of billionaires who make a show of pretending to be good citizens have to be the worst among them. They’re called “Davos Man'' and according to New York Times Global Economics Correspondent Peter Goodman, they’re devouring the world we live in. Peter S. Goodman is the Global Economics Correspondent at the New York Times. He is a two-time winner of the Gerald Loeb Award for Distinguished Business and Financial Journalism. His new book Davos Man: How the Billionaires Devoured the World is available now. Twitter: @petersgoodman Further reading: Davos Man: How the Billionaires Devoured the World https://www.harpercollins.com/products/davos-man-peter-s-goodman?variant=39325320282146 Website: http://pitchforkeconomics.com/ Twitter: @PitchforkEcon Instagram: @pitchforkeconomics Nick’s twitter: @NickHanauer

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0:00.0	The concentration of wealth that is reflected in Davos and the way in which that wealth
0:06.4	and power is defended is at the heart of the collapse of democratic norms.
0:13.1	Davos made will tell us that he has all of our best interests at heart that there are
0:18.0	win-win solutions to every problem.
0:21.0	This is an elaborate prophylactic against fair distribution of wealth.
0:26.1	Davos man, he is the man.
0:33.0	From the home offices of civic ventures in downtown Seattle, this is pitchfork economics,
0:38.0	with Nick Hanauer, the best place to get the truth about who gets what and why.
0:49.0	I'm Nick Hanauer, founder of Civic Ventures.
0:52.0	I'm David Goldstein, senior fellow at Civic Ventures.
1:00.2	So Nick, have you ever been to Davos?
1:02.9	I have not.
1:03.9	I used to feel bad about that, but now I'm happy.
1:07.4	You know a lot of those guys.
1:08.9	I do.
1:09.9	You fell around with something.
1:10.9	Oh yeah.
1:11.9	Yeah.
1:12.9	Yeah.
1:13.9	Yeah, so you've got some firsthand experience with what this episode's guest, Peter Goodman
1:21.3	calls Davos man.
1:23.8	I do.
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