The AOC adviser behind the 'Every billionaire is a policy failure' slogan says there's a critical issue with depending on the richest people to fix the world's biggest problems

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The AOC adviser behind the 'Every billionaire is a policy failure' slogan says there's a critical issue with depending on the richest people to fix the world's biggest problems
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'The idea that Bill Gates is the one guy who should be out there curing malaria is ludicrous to me,' AOC's policy advisor Dan Riffle told Vox.

previously reported that a wealth tax would likely be less successful than proponents like Elizabeth Warren hope, due to problems with tax evasion and appraising the value of assets.interview

with Business Insider's Richard Feloni, former New York University professor and New York Times contributor Anand Giridharadas said that billionaires use philanthropy as a"kind of lubricant in the engine of making a killing." Giridharadas, who is also the author of the book"Winners Take All," said that in addition to making businesses more profitable, philanthropy can also make it more difficult for democratically elected governments to produce lasting change.

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