Inequality is decreasing between countries, but increasing within western democracies. What's the solution? How do you feel about am its, a universal basic income or something along those lines? I used to think itwas just crazy that the government could just cut everybody a check. But in fact, now twice in the united states in the last calendar year, the government has done just that. And according to my modern monetary theor economics friends, the government can do that,. It's not going to lead to runaway inflation, not like it did in the thirties in germany, twenties in germany. The real problem with inequality, i think, in some sense, is dignity