Wealth inequality in the United States
Subject in Politics
Wealth inequality in the United States has come up in 2 episodes across 2 podcasts in TMT, including Modern Wisdom, Digital Social Hour. 3 people have made recorded remarks about it.
What people said
Robert PapeAmerican political scientist, professor at the University of Chicago and director of the Chicago Project on Security and Threats
Pape identifies the concentration of wealth in the top 1%, rising from 17% to 26% of national wealth, as the second driver creating a negative-sum society.
“Side by side with this demographic shift has been a mass wealth shift to the top 1%”
Modern Wisdom: “This Will Be The Most Violent Election Of Our Lifetime” - Robert Pape #1154 (Sep 24, 2026) · Listen from 1:13:55
Sean KellyHost of the Digital Social Hour podcast
Kelly cites a statistic that roughly 79% to 80% of millionaires are self-made.
“It does say 79% to 80% of millionaires are self-made, meaning they did not inherit their wealth”
Digital Social Hour: Trump's Second Term is the Worst in U.S. History? | DSH #2031 (Jun 24, 2026) · Listen from 30:26
MasonLeft-leaning political commentator and debater behind OneHand Politics
Mason argues the U.S. is an oligarchy and that wealth should be capped to prevent it.
“We don't want to be an oligarchy. We want to advocate against that. The only way to do that is to put caps on what it is that people are able to generate”
Digital Social Hour: Trump's Second Term is the Worst in U.S. History? | DSH #2031 (Jun 24, 2026) · Listen from 41:17
Coverage over time
Podcasts
- Modern Wisdom · 1 episode
- Digital Social Hour · 1 episode
Episodes
“This Will Be The Most Violent Election Of Our Lifetime” - Robert Pape #1154Modern Wisdom · Sep 24, 2026 · 1 h 43 min
Political scientist Robert Pape tells Chris Williamson that mass public support for political violence makes the coming US midterms the most dangerous election in living memory.
Trump's Second Term is the Worst in U.S. History? | DSH #2031Digital Social Hour · Jun 24, 2026 · 47 min
Sean Kelly talks with Mason of OneHand Politics about Trump's second term, the Iran war, Democrats, immigration, DEI, capitalism, housing, AI and billionaires.
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