A memo for my fellow filthy rich who live in our gated bubble worlds: Wake up, people. It won’t last.

Centrists like Jonathan Chait, Bret Stephens, and David Brooks are losing their minds over the success of democratic socialist candidates. But they are missing the point: The economics these centrists...

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Greedy CEOs have milked the average American household for $12,000 since the pandemic. As a businessman, I can explain how they’re doing it.

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A new book lays out 150 years of corporate stooges making bogus arguments.

I'm Nick Hanauer—venture capitalist, early Amazon investor, and proud class traitor. I've watched my fellow plutocrats rig the economy to funnel wealth upward. The trickle-down economics they use to j...

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A memo for my fellow filthy rich who live in our gated bubble worlds: Wake up, people. It won’t last.

🚩 Is the Middle Class actually dying, or is it being murdered? We’re reacting to the most explosive debate of the year from The Diary of a CEO, where tech billionaire Nick Hanauer and entrepreneur Daniel Priestley go head-to-head on the wealth inequality crisis. If you’ve felt like you’re working harder just to stay in the same place, you aren't crazy—you're living through the K-shaped recovery. The central question: Should we tax the rich back into the middle class, or is entrepreneurship and ownership the only way to outrun the AI revolution? Hanauer drops a bombshell: based on productivity, the median worker should be making $120k. If you're not, we discuss exactly where that other $60k went. 🕵️‍♂️ In this episode, we break down: - 🔥 The Pitchforks Are Coming: Why billionaires like Hanauer are terrified of a populist revolution and social collapse. - 🤖 AI vs. The Career Ladder: How AI job displacement is hollowing out entry-level roles, leaving the middle class with no way up. - 🏢 The Monopoly Game: How Amazon vs Small Business tax loopholes are shredding social cohesion. - 🚗 The Car Metaphor: Why Priestley says working for a wage is like running behind a car, while ownership is getting inside it. Whether you’re a fan of middle-out economics or you believe digital age ownership is the only life raft left, this discussion is a wake-up call for the 2026 economy. We examine the Norway Sovereign Wealth Fund model versus the current state of corporate greed and ask: Is a revolution inevitable? 👇 What do you think? Is the system fixable, or is it time to build your own economy? Subscribe and join the conversation below! #MiddleClass #WealthGap #DiaryOfACEO #AI2026  

If you asked me to explain today’s politics in one chart, I’d pick this one.

Nick Hanauer, Amazon’s first outside investor, on Jeff Bezos’s great blind spot, the myths that made the rich richer, what socialism gets right and wrong, and building an economy of human flourishing

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I'm Nick Hanauer—venture capitalist, early Amazon investor, and proud class traitor. I've watched my fellow plutocrats rig the economy to funnel wealth upward. The trickle-down economics they use to j...