The American Oligarch Class
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4.5 • 6K Ratings
🗓️ 14 February 2024
⏱️ 28 minutes
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Summary
How did America end up back in a Gilded Age of incredible wealth disparity, and how did a new generation of oligarchs bend society to their vision?
Guest: Tim Murphy, senior reporter for Mother Jones.
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| 1:16.0 | Like a lot of us, he started thinking about this word a couple years back |
| 1:20.0 | when Russia invaded Ukraine. |
| 1:22.0 | And suddenly, oligarchs seem to be... when Russia invaded Ukraine. |
| 1:22.5 | And suddenly oligarchs seem to be all over the place. |
| 1:27.4 | It was just constantly, it was just everywhere. |
| 1:30.6 | I mean, people all over the political spectrum were starting to use the word oligarch. |
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