The case for taxing wealth, argument by argument.
Gary Stevenson interviews Matt Zarb-Cousin, director of Clean Up Gambling, about the parallels between online trading, particularly crypto, and gambling. They discuss how social media platforms like TikTok amplify "crypto evangelism," leading many to invest based on early adopters' success stories, often resulting in significant losses for newer participants.
Featuring Matt Zarb-Cousin
“doing the sensible thing doesn't work you know but who else made money after 2008 in the last 20 years people who like wildly over leveraged and bought like 25 ”
“so like we live in a world where even if you do everything right this guy went to the top fashion union in the country you know even if you do everything right ”
“and it's about letting people know look if we don't do something about inequality then we're going to get really bad economic and human outcomes for like you an”
“we're seeing an economy which deals with crisis by punishing ordinary working families and really rewarding the rich”