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How The Extreme Wealth Gap Harms Us All
There’s the age-old truism: Money can’t buy happiness. Yet we often believe that inordinate wealth would in fact be freeing. Mother Jones’ senior editor Michael Mechanic set out to understand the ultra-rich. And he says their wealth is harming them, too. We discuss the extreme wealth gap and how inordinate wealth harms us all. Michael Mechanic, Tracy Gary and Jack Beatty join Meghna Chakrabarti.