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You also have to make sure that some meaningful fraction of the rewards for those productivity gains actually go to the general population — rather than being captured by a tiny fraction at the top of the socioeconomic ladder. Otherwise you get Elon Musk with 11 kids but a broad-based demographic decline.


But according to the OCED, the gini coefficient actually dropped slightly from 2010, indicating that it's actually gotten more equal.

https://data-explorer.oecd.org/vis?df[ds]=DisseminateFinalDM...


Greece has no qualms about redistributing wealth. Their sin is going too far in the other direction and not supporting business-friendly policies.


It would surprise me if Elon didn't have 11 kids even if he wasn't rich. Sperm private sperm donors are a thing and many hit double digits.




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