What Next - The American Oligarch Class
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🗓️ 14 February 2024
⏱️ 27 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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| 0:57.0 | Like a lot of us, he started thinking about this word a couple years back when Russia invaded Ukraine. |
| 1:06.6 | And suddenly, oligarchs seemed to be all over the place. |
| 1:11.5 | It was just constantly, it was just everywhere. |
| 1:14.9 | I mean, people all over the political spectrum |
| 1:17.6 | were starting to use the word oligarch. |
| 1:20.1 | The White House official tells ABC News, |
| 1:21.8 | the US is expected to announce new sanctions against Russian oligarchs today. |
| 1:25.8 | Tonight I say to the Russian oligarchs and the corrupt leaders who built billions of dollars |
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