[ExI] Donald Trump

Adrian Tymes atymes at gmail.com
Wed May 11 18:14:23 UTC 2016


On May 11, 2016 10:53 AM, "Rafal Smigrodzki" <rafal.smigrodzki at gmail.com>
wrote:
> On Tue, May 10, 2016 at 3:47 PM, Giovanni Santostasi <
gsantostasi at gmail.com> wrote:
>> The problem is not the wealth inequality is created by people like Elon
Musk. He is the exception. In fact, it would be fine if wealth was gained
in this way by creating real value in the world.
>> Most wealth though is in the hands of people that have inherited without
any personal merit and the wealth is not used to create further value but
for speculation and rent seeking.
>> Look up the research on this. These agents are really parasites on the
system.
>>
> ### This is just envious leftist snark.

No, Giovanni's got it right.  Most of the wealth concentration does not
come from value creation.
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