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There’s the age-old truism: Money can’t buy happiness. Yet we often believe that inordinate wealth would in fact be freeing. Mother Jones’ senior editor Michael Mechanic set out to understand the ultra-rich. And he says their wealth is harming them, too. We discuss the extreme wealth gap and how inordinate wealth harms us all.
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Tracy Gary, philanthropic advisor. Co-director of Unleashing Generosity. (@tracygary1)
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We live in a partisan age, and our news habits can reinforce our own perspectives. Consider this an effort to broaden our collective outlook with essays beyond the range of our typical selections.
Michael Mechanic argues we should empathize with the topmost sliver of the 1 percent and enlist them in changing the system that allowed them their wealth.