The rich don't create jobs. Customers do!

in #blog7 years ago (edited)

Summary of Nick Hanauer's (early Amazon investor) TED talk on inequality:

  • The rich don't create jobs; customers do
  • Effective tax rate for the rich is ~1/2 of middle class; should be higher
  • Rich don't compensate for the lost consumption by cash-poor middle class

This is an idea worth spreading!

Here is the full talk:

Here is his second TED talk from 2014:

Main idea: Double the salary of workers, as Henry Ford did. This will create a thriving middle class, which is the engine of a sustainable and successful economy!

Something to think about!