The Distribution of Wealth

Death of the Middle Class: Billionaire vs Entrepreneur DEBATE - Daniel Priestley v Nick Hanauer

The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett, 8 June 2026. The book comes up at 18 min 19 sec in.

A speaker attributes this book to Henry George (following a passage introducing John Bates Clark; the attribution in the transcript appears to be a transcription error) and describes it as the text in which the Theory of Marginal Productivity was invented. The speaker notes the author 'says the quiet part out loud,' writing that workers must be convinced their wages reflect their true value or they will revolt.

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