Welcome to Curit Affairs. My name is Nathan Robinson. I am the editor-in-chief of Currid Affairs

Magazine. Today we are joined by Currid Affairs in-house economists. Rob Larson, the author of

books like Bleakonomics, like Bit tyrants, like capitalism versus freedom.

And most recently, the book Mastering the Universe, the obscene wealth of the ruling class,

what they do with their money, and why you should hate them even more.

For available now from Haymarket Books.

This might be Rob's magnum opus.

We are delighted to be joined by Robb today.

Rob Larson, welcome back to current affairs.

Hi, Nathan.

It's great to be back, man.

Oh, my God.

The book!

What an achievement the book is?

I've been looking forward to this for a long time

because you and I have written before,

we've co-written about the obscene wealth of the ruling class.

We've specifically written about, I believe a few years ago,

about one of our favorite bits of our favorite newspaper,

which is the mansion section of the Wall Street Journal that comes out every Friday,

and what the grotesque world illuminated in the mansion section of the Wall Street Journal that comes out every Friday and what it, the grotesque world

illuminated in the mansion section of the Wall Street Journal every Friday and how it provides

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