The Prof G Pod with Scott Galloway The Economy Is Rigged for Billionaires — ft. Gary Stevenson
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May 7, 2026 
Gary Stevenson, former trader turned economist and inequality activist, dives into the rise of billionaires, the shrinking middle class, and why inheritance increasingly shapes life chances. He and Scott Galloway explore wealth taxes, estate taxes, second-home taxes, weak tax enforcement, and why younger generations may end up poorer than their parents.
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Bad Wealth Taxes Do Not Disprove Good Ones
- Gary Stevenson argues wealth taxes can work if governments fund experts to design them around avoidance instead of treating past failures as proof of impossibility.
- He points to inheritance taxes after World War II as an earlier wealth-tax-like tool that restrained extreme accumulation.
How Ownership Replaced Work As The Winning Strategy
- Gary Stevenson says the real economy now rewards inheritance and ownership over work, turning capitalism into an inheritocracy.
- He argues young people without near-million-dollar family help are squeezed because wages are taxed while hoarded wealth is lightly taxed.
Britain's Non Dom Rules Show How To Miss
- Gary Stevenson uses Britain's non-dom regime as a case study in taxing the wrong rich people and then calling wealth taxation ineffective.
- The policy targeted foreign billionaires with weak UK ties, who could leave easily, instead of owners of domestic assets that remain taxable.
