2026-07-23
25 分钟The Economist.
Hello and welcome to The Intelligence from The Economist.
I'm Rosie Blau.
Today on the show, a new crackdown on scam compounds in Cambodia,
and lessons for Britain's Prime Minister from Larry the Cat.
First up, though.
Billionaires have never exactly been popular.
Today, they're positively loathed.
The American people are standing in opposition to oligarchy.
Do you think that billionaires have a right to exist?
I don't think that we should have billionaires
because frankly, it is so much money in a moment of such inequality.
We need a tax system that truly accounts for the fact
that there are people who have amassed huge wealth.
And not just by us ordinary folk, but many politicians too.
Some talk about their mere existence as a policy failure.
But just as the political class thinks it's hit on a winning message, something unexpected is happening.
Billionaires are becoming more legitimate.
There is clearly a very big surge in anti-billionaire sentiment.
Callum Williams is our senior economics writer.