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Can You Be Too Rich?

S1 · E4 · 18 Sep 2024 · 47 min

5.5 (2)

The income gap is a growing concern with far-reaching implications. Bill explores ways to address inequality with Sens. Bernie Sanders and Mitt Romney.

Directing

Neha Shastry · Director

Editing

Oscar Vazquez · Editor

Guest Stars (25)

Bernie Sanders as Self - I-VT

Mitt Romney as Self - R-UT

Thomas L. Friedman as Self - New York Times Columnist and Author

Matthew Desmond as Self - Author and Sociology Professor, Princeton University

Robert Reich as Self - Former U.S. Secretary of Labor, Co-Founder, Inequality Media

Rutger Bregman as Self - Historian and Author, "Utopia for Realists" and "Humankind"

Noah Smith as Self - Economics Blogger

Mark Cuban as Self - Co-Founder, Cost Plus Drugs

Kristi Blake as Self - Sister

Libby Gates MacPhee as Self - Sister

John D. Rockefeller as Self - Founder of Standard Oil (archive footage)

Andrew Carnegie as Self - Founder of Carnegie Steel (archive footage)

Saru Jayaraman as Self - President, One Fair Wage

Nataki Rhodes as Self - National Organizer, One Fair Wage & Restaurant Industry Veteran

Tabina Gibson as Self - Restaurant Industry Veteran

Antoinette Jewel Simmons as Self - Restaurant Industry Veteran

Connor Maxwell as Self - U.S. Economic Mobility and Opportunity Program Officer, Gates Foundation

Michael Williams as Self - Long Haul Truck Driver in Training

Ryan Rippel as Self - Director, Economic Mobility & Opportunity, Gates Foundation

Ariana Marbley as Self - Owner, Esscents of Flowers

Andrea Elliott as Self - Investigative Reporter, The New York Times

Jelani Cobb as Self - Dean and Professor of Journalism, Columbia Journalism School

Rae Pilarski as Self - Associate Program Director, Code for America

Hari Menon as Self - South and Southeast Asia Director, Gates Foundation

Madhu Krishna as Self - Deputy Director, Gender Equality, Gates Foundation