#96 - Old People Are Stealing Your Future | Samuel Moyn

<p>You can support me on Patreon: ht<a target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">tps://www.patreon.com/chenphilosophy</a></p><p>Samuel Moyn is Kent Professor of Law and History at Yale University.</p><p>Website: <a href="https://history.yale.edu/people/samuel-moyn" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">https://history.yale.edu/people/samuel-moyn</a></p><p>Book: <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Gerontocracy-America-Hoarding-Power-Wealth_and/dp/0374607648" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">https://www.amazon.com/Gerontocracy-America-Hoarding-Power-Wealth_and/dp/0374607648</a></p><p>Summary:In this interview, we discuss Moyn's argument about how we live in a gerontocracy, meaning a society ruled by the old. Moyn argues that the old hold a disproportionate amount of the wealth and power, and that they generally act in their self-interest at the expense of younger people. We also discuss his proposals for fixing this problem.</p>