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    Why Capitalism Is In Trouble — According To Billionaires

    Apr 25, 2019 4 minutes
    A trader follows a chart at the New York Stock Exchange. (Mark Lennihan, File/AP)

    With Meghna Chakrabarti

    Discontent with capitalism is on the rise. Can it be repaired? Some billionaires say it’s time to share the wealth.

    Guests

    Ray Dalio, co-chief investment officer and co-chairman of Bridgewater Associates, LP, the world’s biggest hedge fund firm. Author of “Principles.” (@RayDalio)

    Richard Reeves, editor of the Guardian’s “Broken Capitalism” series. Author of “Dream Hoarders: How the American Upper Middle Class Is Leaving Everyone Else in the Dust, Why That Is a Problem, and What to Do About.” Senior fellow at the Brookings Institution. ()

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