meritocracy (critique of)
2 episodes mention this concept
barryseconomicsFeb 8, 2026Epstein Is Not an Aberration: How Extreme Wealth and Inequality Create Systemic Monsters
EconomicsExtreme wealth concentrationBehavioral economicsNeuroscience of powerEmpathy gap- barryseconomicsNov 4, 2025
The Illusion of Risk: How Financial Insulation Protects Billionaires and Perpetuates Inequality
EconomicsReinsuranceRetrocessionFinancial insulationRisk spreading
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- wealth tax
- entrepreneurship (redefined)
- naive realism
- structural impunity
- project inequality feedback loop
- learned helplessness
- catastrophic loss
- threat detection system (brain)
- reinsurance
- risk spreading
- essentialist explanations for social hierarchy
- manufactured vulnerability
- empathy gap
- mirroring neurons
- moral licensing
- systemic pathology
- status quo bias
- behavioral economics
- social inequality
- neuroscience of power