“Mastering the Universe: The Obscene Wealth of the Ruling Class, What They Do with Their Money, and Why You Should Hate Them Even More” with Rob Larson
Coming From Left Field podcast published November 15, 2024
Warm Greetings All,
In this podcast we discuss the rich and how they are progressively getting richer and messing up things on their way. Or, to quote Warren Buffett, “There's class warfare, all right, but it's my class, the rich class, that's making war, and we're winning.”
Our guest is Rob Larson who discusses his book, “Mastering the Universe: The Obscene Wealth of the Ruling Class, What They Do with Their Money, and Why You Should Hate Them Even More.” Larson has been a professor of economics for the past 18 years and has authored several books. He writes for Jacobin and Dollars & Sense and is the house economist for Current Affairs magazine.
In this book, Larson delves into the extreme wealth and influence of the ruling class. This includes the problems of wealth distribution, the extravagant lifestyles and moral failings of the ultra-wealthy and their negative impact on societal issues, including disproportionately contributing to the climate crises.
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I discovered Rob three weeks ago when he was interviewed by Sam Sedar on the Majority Report. I downloaded his book, shared it with Greg and, yesterday, we had a great conversation. Rob is a professor of economics at Tacoma Community College where both Paula and I taught psychology classes for over a decade. I am sure he is a great teacher and inspiring to those who are fortunate to take his Micro Economics course.
Peace to you all,
Pat
“Our civilization is being sacrificed for the opportunity of a small number of people to continue making enormous amounts of money “-Greta Thunberg