#18 Against Billionaires: the Papal Argument (Part 1/2)
September 14, 2020
Elliot, James, and Tom discuss why no one should have a billion dollars, beginning with what the Papal Encyclicals say about social inequality
Links
Pope Benedict XVI, Caritas in Veritate § 32
Pope Francis, Evangelii Gaudium § 202 ⁋ 1
The Daily Routine of Bezos | Business Insider
Outline
0m The cultural role of billionaires
8m Discussing the Encyclicals
13m Is inequality natural and/or necessary? Some distinctions
18m Mechanism of redistribution in premodernity
23m Perspectives on what billionaires are
36m The mentality of usury and the profit-motive
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