No Mercy / No Malice: The Epstein Tax

Hogging seats on a crowded train, not saying excuse me, watching videos on your phone with no headphones in. Sometimes it feels like we don't know how to act anymore. What we have been seeing, increasingly, is people breaking rules. Why should I play by the rules if nobody else is going to do that for me? This week on Explain It to Me, how to mind your manners.

New episodes Sundays wherever you get your podcasts. I'm Scott Galloway, and this is No Mercy, No Malice. The Epstein class is only adding fuel to the flames of income inequality and disgust with the super wealthy. Wealth taxes, however, aren't the answer to reigning in the rich. The Epstein tax, as read by George Hahn.

America's greatest asset is its optimism, an attitude that's unleashed unparalleled wealth and validated the thesis that anyone can achieve the American dream. But here's the glitch in the matrix. Capitalism is the belief that there should be winners and losers, that incentives drive innovation and prosperity, and they do. but the gilded few amass power and use that power for regulatory capture to expand their wealth. A lot.

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