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Masculinity, Media, and How to Citizen – with Baratunde Thurston

The Prof G Pod with Scott Galloway

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Is America About Optimizing for the Top 10%?

The best and brightest in the world want to come to America because if you're exceptional, you'll get the greatest rewards. But what is that path right now for anything but the most exceptional young people? Let's talk about wealth distribution by age. People over the age of 70 used to control 19%, 1989. Now they control 25%. People 55 to 69. Right? My age, they used to control 36,. Now they control 43. And then what happens? 40 to 54. We go younger. They used to control 33. Now they Control 26. It makes no sense. These are conscious decisions. So what do we do? Stop bitching, Scott. More vocational training.

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