Examines global wealth starting with the 50 richest people, who are one in 100 million, and the Bilderbergers, quoting from the radio show Unwelcome Guests. Then goes to one in 100,000 with an excerpt called Adjusted Income by Daniel Handler, aka Lemony Snicket. Discusses Michael Parenti's distinction between a structuralist and a functionalist.
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Music: Moonflower by Keiko Matsui from Deep Blue, Stumbling in the Dark by The Jayhawks from Rainy Day Music.
Reads Part Two, X from Ranier Maria Rilke's Sonnets to Orpheus, a poem by Anna Akhmatova, and tells a Native American story. Plays a video by 33rd Degree called The Banker. Engages in visual economics by plotting net assets by population: if one inch = $100,000, it would require paper 11 miles long to plot the Walton's assets. 10% of the world would have assets around an inch, while the other 90% would barely register.
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