The Ranks of Global Billionaires: Not All Billionaires Are Made Equal

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    Jeff Bezos and Bill Gates, two gentlemen fighting back and forth for the title of world richest man. These two individuals seem very very similar, for starters, of course, they are both billionaires, an elite worldwide club with around 2 and a half thousand members, they are both white, male tech entrepreneurs, from the united states, and even more specifically from Seattle, and even more specifically their primary residence is in Medina a same small town just outside of Seattle. So it looks like these two are pretty similar, but in reality, their fortunes couldn’t be more different.
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  • @EconomicsExplained
    @EconomicsExplained  4 ปีที่แล้ว +393

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    • @johnsmith100
      @johnsmith100 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Economics Explained
      You didn’t provide even one example of a person from the Upper Class of Billionaires.
      Putin ?
      Any of his oligarchs (names) ?

    • @PrestonReject
      @PrestonReject 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Is there a video explaining the upper class Billionaire?

    • @lisachansy
      @lisachansy 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Economics Explained that tin foil hat smile XD is that you?

    • @seriousjack6896
      @seriousjack6896 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Is Trump an Upper Class Billionaire?

    • @ndumbamakayi8111
      @ndumbamakayi8111 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      045444⁵5inches 5r5r5rr

  • @TheLiamster
    @TheLiamster 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7196

    My monocle almost fell into my glass of champagne while watching this.

    • @EconomicsExplained
      @EconomicsExplained  4 ปีที่แล้ว +1186

      pish posh

    • @nulnoh219
      @nulnoh219 4 ปีที่แล้ว +472

      Hope it didn't mess up your thousand dollar suit.

    • @brom1277
      @brom1277 4 ปีที่แล้ว +443

      @@nulnoh219 thousand dollar suit? Not for me pleb

    • @superblyrandom9630
      @superblyrandom9630 4 ปีที่แล้ว +117

      MrHan More like million dollar suit.

    • @je.m3320
      @je.m3320 4 ปีที่แล้ว +110

      @@brom1277 fully customize gps tracking bulletproof(even those long range rifle with pointy bullets that pierce the s*** out of normal bulletproof glass)
      Full Kingsman services with hightech equipments

  • @wolfy8006
    @wolfy8006 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5095

    "Do you ever wonder who these people are buying billion-dollar super yachts or half-billion dollar painting?"
    Look down at the instant noodles im eating
    "No i dont"

    • @TKUA11
      @TKUA11 4 ปีที่แล้ว +83

      Wolfy I feel your pain

    • @kingslushie1018
      @kingslushie1018 4 ปีที่แล้ว +186

      Try rice too, it’s cheap and quite tasty as well.

    • @thunderb00m
      @thunderb00m 4 ปีที่แล้ว +36

      Lol .. weeps in 0.0000000001 billionaire

    • @patrickm.4754
      @patrickm.4754 4 ปีที่แล้ว +99

      At least, you still have instant noodles to look at. I usually lick my tears off my pillow when I'm hungry.

    • @edmondgreen7970
      @edmondgreen7970 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      perhaps you should

  • @samholland155
    @samholland155 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4696

    “There is a law of history - If you don’t have a lot of power, you try to exaggerate your power. If you have a lot of power, you try to conceal it.” - Yuval Noah Harrari

    • @prometheus5405
      @prometheus5405 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      which book is this from?

    • @Superknullisch
      @Superknullisch 3 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      Thump is triggered!!

    • @neelanshguptaa1440
      @neelanshguptaa1440 3 ปีที่แล้ว +56

      Tusk ACT4 chumimiin he wrote this book called “Sapiens, A Brief History of Mankind”. I believe the quote is from that book.

    • @MrArthoz
      @MrArthoz 3 ปีที่แล้ว +51

      Same concept as written in the Art of War.

    • @Alchepirate
      @Alchepirate 3 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      I thought Sun Tzu said that.

  • @palerider660
    @palerider660 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7137

    I’m A super upper-class billionaire. My wealth is so diversified I haven’t been able to find almost all of it yet.

    • @accshsmilgroup1408
      @accshsmilgroup1408 3 ปีที่แล้ว +73

      Good for you🥴

    • @layapla2
      @layapla2 3 ปีที่แล้ว +130

      Don't forget to help children in poverty

    • @tomasbeltran04050
      @tomasbeltran04050 3 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      HAHAHHAHAHAHHAHAHHAA

    • @lovelikecvli4801
      @lovelikecvli4801 3 ปีที่แล้ว +67

      Can i have $11K to pay for college?

    • @PursuitSk8
      @PursuitSk8 3 ปีที่แล้ว +219

      I feel like this went over some heads somehow

  • @CT2SKATE
    @CT2SKATE 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1874

    Finding out that there was even such a thing as "low class billionaire" made me feel an infinite number of times poorer.

    • @briandsouza7854
      @briandsouza7854 3 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      I feel you! 😭

    • @sirlevis7869
      @sirlevis7869 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      A disrespectful to the 99% competing to be at the top!

    • @newshybrid5362
      @newshybrid5362 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      My heart 😭😭

    • @hithere5553
      @hithere5553 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Makes me feel hungry all of a sudden

    • @bettcollins5539
      @bettcollins5539 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      😂

  • @jjosephs6521
    @jjosephs6521 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11272

    I'm a billionaire, I own some Zimbabwean currency.

    • @johnsonbag7538
      @johnsonbag7538 4 ปีที่แล้ว +344

      I believe you .

    • @night00glider
      @night00glider 4 ปีที่แล้ว +51

      @Captain_Morgan how do you say that ??

    • @videozoom12
      @videozoom12 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Clutch!

    • @trazyntheinfinite9895
      @trazyntheinfinite9895 4 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      lol, i have a cupboard full of ye olde Reichsmark, amonngst them 2 severely torn 100 trillion "notes"

    • @ibejibenson1783
      @ibejibenson1783 4 ปีที่แล้ว +66

      Venezuela left the chat

  • @VenomSnakee
    @VenomSnakee 3 ปีที่แล้ว +999

    Growing up in the hard knock streets of Connecticut as a low class billionaire was tough. Mom had to work 3 whole hours while father was made fun of for having only 1 mistress

    • @bingobongo7509
      @bingobongo7509 2 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Cheal sonnon wishes to know your location.

    • @blee-bleep3906
      @blee-bleep3906 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      😂😂😂😂

  • @superchargedpetrolhead
    @superchargedpetrolhead 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5390

    Is this some kind rich peoples problem that i am too poor to understand.

    • @Holuunderbeere
      @Holuunderbeere 3 ปีที่แล้ว +151

      Yes

    • @vpiansts2508
      @vpiansts2508 3 ปีที่แล้ว +87

      You’re not alone

    • @69p59
      @69p59 3 ปีที่แล้ว +95

      #yachtsareahumanright

    • @screwthenet
      @screwthenet 3 ปีที่แล้ว +119

      Its everyones problem, because as long as theres people making billions, theres billions of people making next to nothing world wide.

    • @dreinhard52
      @dreinhard52 3 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      @Frank Snapp Revolution ..... Guillotine

  • @mouseluva
    @mouseluva 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2721

    Brb, ordering a tiny violin off Amazon to play a little song for poor lower class Jeff

    • @projectjt3149
      @projectjt3149 4 ปีที่แล้ว +122

      press F in the chat for poor Bezos

    • @memeablememes7652
      @memeablememes7652 4 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      ;l we need to save him

    • @Saxboy16
      @Saxboy16 4 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      Someone didn’t pay attention to the video

    • @topic260
      @topic260 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Play the f note

    • @AnthroGuitarist
      @AnthroGuitarist 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Rebecca Hurford what a simp!

  • @64bit-
    @64bit- 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3562

    imagine being so rich you have an entire company dedicated to giving away money

    • @nxbis
      @nxbis 4 ปีที่แล้ว +401

      *Dodge taxes

    • @reddragon9918
      @reddragon9918 4 ปีที่แล้ว +262

      It also makes money off the money it holds to give away. It's capitalist philanthropy, I love it!

    • @klauserji
      @klauserji 4 ปีที่แล้ว +29

      @@reddragon9918 i thought bill and melinda gates foundation is a non profit organization ?

    • @reddragon9918
      @reddragon9918 4 ปีที่แล้ว +111

      @@klauserji They're a non-operating private foundation

    • @klauserji
      @klauserji 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@reddragon9918 owh, thanks.

  • @dugtrioramen
    @dugtrioramen 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1128

    This inequality is truly unjust and heartbreaking. We as a community have to rise up and help these unfortunate low class billionaires

    • @camille8064
      @camille8064 2 ปีที่แล้ว +35

      i love this comment so much

    • @vasundarakrishnan4093
      @vasundarakrishnan4093 2 ปีที่แล้ว +42

      The sarcasm on this comment made my day.

    • @lakkakulasaritha9531
      @lakkakulasaritha9531 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Haaa haaaa haaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

    • @thewinner4319
      @thewinner4319 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      BATMAN agrees 👍

    • @GabrielHellborne
      @GabrielHellborne 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I'll lend them a fiver so they don't have to take out a loan for a cuppa coffee

  • @pluto1655
    @pluto1655 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4624

    the virgin billionaire: has no salary, all wealth on their company, "hey Mr banker, can i get some money?" flexes
    the chad billionaire: owns nations, so rich doesn't even need paper proof, doesn't show up on Forbes.

  • @FinanceOptimum
    @FinanceOptimum 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3976

    *"It is well enough that people of the nation do not understand our banking and monetary system, for if they did, I believe there would be a revolution before tomorrow morning."* ~ Henry Ford

    • @Dexduzdiz
      @Dexduzdiz 4 ปีที่แล้ว +107

      That’s facts

    • @dehazelaar4324
      @dehazelaar4324 4 ปีที่แล้ว +290

      Too true, unfortunately most of us slaves who are exposed to the truth of this monetary system fall for its controlled-opposition, Communism, which is literally just the other arm on the same body, making sure none of us TRULY grab back the power, only a tiny, tiny minority of people actually know the truth. Less than 10% of people even wants to consider reflecting on it.

    • @dehazelaar4324
      @dehazelaar4324 4 ปีที่แล้ว +176

      @Henryk Gödel People staying employed and contributing to the system is the biggest problem of all, we're lending our energy to the darkest of evils, the system is evil and we're feeding it. We are literally feeding the beast that destroys us. Society is no longer about sustaining ourselves and each other, it was subverted a long time ago and is now about feeding the horrible evils of the universe.

    • @_AABCEHMU
      @_AABCEHMU 4 ปีที่แล้ว +34

      De Hazelaar So what should we do?

    • @williemherbert1456
      @williemherbert1456 4 ปีที่แล้ว +37

      Fear the Rotschild

  • @ThanhNguyen-ic2eg
    @ThanhNguyen-ic2eg 3 ปีที่แล้ว +637

    In Vietnamese we had a proverb: "the empty barrel makes loud noise". Those who are showcasing their wealth are NOT the wealthiest. Forget about yatchs and villas. Think of oil fields, castles, treasuries, and the power to deal peace or wage war!

    • @fazepug1982
      @fazepug1982 3 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      we have one similar in Chinese as well!

    • @rohitraghani5773
      @rohitraghani5773 3 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      Similar saying in india (hindi) also

    • @thebiggesthatersinworld
      @thebiggesthatersinworld 3 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      I think the saying goes in Asia not only in Vietnam

    • @ufukcansimsek2959
      @ufukcansimsek2959 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      We have similar one but instead of barrel we have bucket.

    • @sallylee8422
      @sallylee8422 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Thats so cool we have a similar korean one as well. Called 빈수레가 요란하다. or the empty wagon makes the loudest noise.

  • @AshutoshShelkeP
    @AshutoshShelkeP 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3373

    Imagine a lower class mortal worked extremely hard all his life and became the world's richest man. When he reached the top spot he watched this video and got to know that he is still lower class. lol

    • @pravinrao3669
      @pravinrao3669 3 ปีที่แล้ว +180

      lower class mortal. this isn't wuxia ....
      ..
      yet

    • @silviumoldovanu508
      @silviumoldovanu508 3 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      Hahaha.... still lower class.. We all mortals

    • @insface5304
      @insface5304 3 ปีที่แล้ว +77

      He is only the world richest man on paper(same for elon now). There are propably trilionaires out there we don't know about

    • @tcideh4929
      @tcideh4929 3 ปีที่แล้ว +85

      Then he just works to make sure his kids become middle class, and then maybe his children’s children’s children will eventually become upper class.
      Thats how the upper class became upper class. Through decades or even centuries or millennia of work.
      Remember everyone came from the stone age. So everyone was once a nobody. No matter how you want to see it, at some point someone in a rich family did hard work.
      Look at royal families. So many have years of suffering in their history. Or torture, execution by the people, etc.

    • @rickeybernard8156
      @rickeybernard8156 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Jay Z and Kanye?

  • @randyjones3050
    @randyjones3050 4 ปีที่แล้ว +615

    Jeff Bezos now regularly wakes up in a cold sweat in the middle of the night screaming..."HALF!!!"

    • @bullish1920
      @bullish1920 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      😂😂😂 this is flying over everyone’s head.

    • @ammonquitalig9077
      @ammonquitalig9077 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@bullish1920 care to explain?

    • @potatismos6657
      @potatismos6657 3 ปีที่แล้ว +65

      @@ammonquitalig9077 He recently got divorced, and his now Ex-wife is now a multi-billionaire and the 13th richest person in the world after getting 25% of Jeff's Amazon stock.
      (the half joke was probably based on how wealth is usually split in half when getting a divorce)

    • @randyjones3050
      @randyjones3050 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@potatismos6657 Yes, it is from an old Eddie Murphy routine about Johnny Carson getting divorced. th-cam.com/video/SniOXFhwIZ8/w-d-xo.html

    • @naninuna7440
      @naninuna7440 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@potatismos6657 He explained she was every bit as responsible for the growth of the company as him.

  • @mitchells7634
    @mitchells7634 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1952

    Hold up, half of Bill Gates investments are in Bershire, run by his good friend Warren Buffet. Thats a top notch move right there

    • @NationalSecessionistForces
      @NationalSecessionistForces 4 ปีที่แล้ว +219

      The older he gets the more he even starts to look like warren buffet.

    • @lukenguyen3146
      @lukenguyen3146 4 ปีที่แล้ว +156

      Most of It actually warren donation to the bill melinda foundation. I dont even know who in the world donate more then mr buffet at this point

    • @rock3tcatU233
      @rock3tcatU233 4 ปีที่แล้ว +80

      #BromanceGoals

    • @clips9294
      @clips9294 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      😂😂😂😂😂😂

    • @bennygbutter46
      @bennygbutter46 4 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      Berkshire has under performed so far during 2020 🤔 and in recent years has kept BILLIONS liquid instead of investing it, which was called out last year

  • @haldrick4455
    @haldrick4455 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1971

    I like he didn't name any of the upper class billionaires in case he got into trouble

    • @gufestus4106
      @gufestus4106 4 ปีที่แล้ว +425

      Putin.

    • @Stoneface_
      @Stoneface_ 4 ปีที่แล้ว +683

      Rothschild, Rockefeller’s, Morgan, DuPont... the real rulers of this planet.

    • @sudeepmitra
      @sudeepmitra 4 ปีที่แล้ว +268

      Queen Elizabeth

    • @currentcomentor1026
      @currentcomentor1026 4 ปีที่แล้ว +98

      Ever sinse george to 4th ( i think its him) the british monarchy hasent been that wealthy. Thw income they gain from the dutchy goes to the tax man and then they get very lucrative tax credits...

    • @alioshax7797
      @alioshax7797 4 ปีที่แล้ว +651

      The Saudis are the best example to me. Their country is literally named after their family...

  • @stralbem
    @stralbem 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2334

    As a banker/ economist, I must say, I like this video a lot. I initially thought this is just clickbait so I watched it to amuse myself (in my defense, I didnt notice the name of your channel, sorry about that). You explained it so well that people out of our industry can actually understand how valuation in finance, bank loans, etc. works. I am only halfway through the video as I am typing this and I am super impressed that I cant stop myself from commenting already. Great job Sir!

    • @stralbem
      @stralbem 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      @Raymond Spicer What? Did you mistakenly replied to my comment or something?

    • @paperexplain9342
      @paperexplain9342 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Lol

    • @AmericanCaesarian
      @AmericanCaesarian 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Your reply to this comment sounds like your high based off the context

    • @AmericanCaesarian
      @AmericanCaesarian 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @Charles Darwin the founder of evolution sorry if it wasnt clear but i was addressing @Raymond Spicer

    • @hanshintermann1551
      @hanshintermann1551 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      "I didnt notice the name of your channel, sorry about that"
      - oh my gosh, the channel is called economics explained, he MUST know what hes talking about!

  • @LetsJamFunk
    @LetsJamFunk 3 ปีที่แล้ว +282

    0:15 "after a recent divorce, Bill Gates seems to be out ahead"
    That aged well

    • @n0nenone
      @n0nenone 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Who'll become richest guy of world? gates or jo?
      Haha.. look Mars

  • @kalifakoita1138
    @kalifakoita1138 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1721

    I'm still waiting for the day my parents will say, "its all Fake, we are *Lower Class Billionaires like Jeff Bezos this was to teach you to be humble"

    • @mhamzaajmalkhan692
      @mhamzaajmalkhan692 3 ปีที่แล้ว +72

      still waiting........

    • @DuyNguyen-sg7pw
      @DuyNguyen-sg7pw 3 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      Me too

    • @darkpit8178
      @darkpit8178 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@DuyNguyen-sg7pw yo I've seen you in our classes for cedar rapids remote learning I'm a franklin student your in my classes right?

    • @DuyNguyen-sg7pw
      @DuyNguyen-sg7pw 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@darkpit8178 wrong person mate

    • @hanshintermann1551
      @hanshintermann1551 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@darkpit8178 Not to be racist, but there are simply a LOT of people named Nguyen

  • @ltrasnish
    @ltrasnish 4 ปีที่แล้ว +614

    6:45 that dude randomly typing on his keyboard with a paused TH-cam video of a trading chart 😂

    • @hanagreg
      @hanagreg 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      ltrasnish woman*

    • @hanagreg
      @hanagreg 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Karm G Karm G I am a female and dude is a neutral term only when you are addressing someone (which I do with my female friends lol). NOT when you are referring to someone. Which planet are you speaking English on?

    • @Haakon97
      @Haakon97 4 ปีที่แล้ว +41

      @@hanagreg Why would you think that was a woman? You can even see his beard at the start of the clip.

    • @paulwalker1617
      @paulwalker1617 4 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      @@Haakon97 lol indeed and his arm is hairy lol

    • @wyatt5167
      @wyatt5167 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@paulwalker1617 SHE is simply not conforming to the MALE perception of beauty.
      #haireverywhere

  • @Mii.2.0
    @Mii.2.0 3 ปีที่แล้ว +261

    3:00 Lower Class Billionaire
    8:16 Middle Class Billionaire
    10:17 Upper-Middle Class Billionaire
    12:30 Upper Class Billionaire

    • @onetwothreefourfivesix1268
      @onetwothreefourfivesix1268 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Thanks dude

    • @Mar1aHass4n
      @Mar1aHass4n 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      TaNks

    • @goober5713
      @goober5713 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      And then you have Musk.

    • @wavemaker2077
      @wavemaker2077 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Thanks. At least I don't need to watch the video anymore. You saved me time.

    • @morganlee2806
      @morganlee2806 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@goober5713Musk is upper middle class. You'd realize that if you actually watched the video.

  • @Baekstrom
    @Baekstrom 3 ปีที่แล้ว +788

    Poor guys. I suddenly feel so bad for those billionaires and all their problems. We should help them by taking their billions away.

    • @G1ennbeckismyher0
      @G1ennbeckismyher0 3 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      Lol you jelly?

    • @nicholas11121
      @nicholas11121 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Take it and where will it go? to china and Vietnam in foreign aid?

    • @Stinoco
      @Stinoco 3 ปีที่แล้ว +35

      @@amiyavatsa and after that funding, there’s no money left and society starved, just like what happens to every socialist nation

    • @JoinTheTemple
      @JoinTheTemple 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Like a bit of good old fashioned theft do ya?

    • @stansman5461
      @stansman5461 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      @@amiyavatsa so take their money, and let them earn it again so you can take it. What a brilliant idea. I see nothing wrong with it

  • @SilvanaDil
    @SilvanaDil 4 ปีที่แล้ว +956

    "Is my wealth secure?" -- The question every Chinese billionaire has asked every day for years and will continue to do so.

    • @alphadiallo6215
      @alphadiallo6215 4 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      Please elaborate

    • @yudosai
      @yudosai 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Please elaborate

    • @SilvanaDil
      @SilvanaDil 4 ปีที่แล้ว +305

      Seriously? The CCP can take it (and "disappear" you) at any time.

    • @TheOutlawed1000
      @TheOutlawed1000 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      SilvanaDil Sure.

    • @samraatbharat6325
      @samraatbharat6325 4 ปีที่แล้ว +49

      @@SilvanaDil could be said for literally any other national government

  • @edmondgreen7970
    @edmondgreen7970 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4538

    I'd rather be a low class billionaire then a high class peasent.

    • @s41d4
      @s41d4 4 ปีที่แล้ว +438

      Well.....no shit

    • @impyrobot
      @impyrobot 4 ปีที่แล้ว +267

      Really? No way!

    • @benkysan3246
      @benkysan3246 4 ปีที่แล้ว +83

      Really? You could lose your paper wealth any moment

    • @Vapor817
      @Vapor817 4 ปีที่แล้ว +192

      @@benkysan3246 even the "billionaires" still own useful assets that are included in their net worth estimate. for the smart ones, losing that paper money just means downgrading to millionaire

    • @sbutte1127
      @sbutte1127 4 ปีที่แล้ว +40

      Settle as a low class peasant like the rest of us. The gruel is good mate!

  •  2 ปีที่แล้ว +171

    Jeff Bezos: “I am the world’s richest person”
    Bill Gates: “no, me”
    Elon Musk: “nu-uh I am”
    Mohammad Bin Salam: *crickets*

    • @TrySomeFentanyl
      @TrySomeFentanyl 2 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      The saudi royal family shares their nations wealth amongst the entire family, and the amount of them in this fund is known to be over 2,000 living people, but is thought to be the main source of income for about 10,000 royal family members. Making their 2 trillion dollar wealth not a single centralized super fund, much like how the rothschilds have lost 90% of their cash pool due to family members taking their part and after just 3 generations, 90% of all family wealth has completely been abolished.

    • @soloassasins9407
      @soloassasins9407 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@TrySomeFentanyl Kinda unfair dont you think for the people that was born too early or too late to share the resources of that country lol

    • @mukamuka0
      @mukamuka0 2 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      @@TrySomeFentanyl Even if you say it's shared but MBS can take back everything from any of them at anytime, included their life. The monarch rules in absolute.

    • @RahulSingh-ed1zx
      @RahulSingh-ed1zx 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@TrySomeFentanyl don't you remember what mbs did when he came to power

    • @ah2522
      @ah2522 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@mukamuka0 no he can't

  • @swavnasahoo711
    @swavnasahoo711 2 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    The slight tinge of classical music in the background is an amazing touch.

  • @explosivereactionstv7414
    @explosivereactionstv7414 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1068

    Last time I was early, Jeff Bezos paid his taxes

    • @EconomicsExplained
      @EconomicsExplained  4 ปีที่แล้ว +233

      These keep on getting better and better haha xD

    • @jjosephs6521
      @jjosephs6521 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Who is you display picture? That face looks very familiar.

    • @explosivereactionstv7414
      @explosivereactionstv7414 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Jessica Josephs Frank Beamer, College Football hall of fame coach

    • @FamousDMagnificent
      @FamousDMagnificent 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      When did he not pay his taxes?

    • @lyq232
      @lyq232 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@FamousDMagnificent last year

  • @Niosus
    @Niosus 4 ปีที่แล้ว +376

    LOL @ 6:42 . The stock footage of a person "working" while having a TH-cam video with important looking graphs in full screen

    • @---uf2zl
      @---uf2zl 4 ปีที่แล้ว +47

      He's even typing for no apparent reason.

    • @larsfroelich
      @larsfroelich 4 ปีที่แล้ว +40

      @@---uf2zl Stock footage at its best! :D

    • @ande1156
      @ande1156 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Brilliant. I didn't catch that.

    • @MichaelOrtega
      @MichaelOrtega 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Well he’s lookin at the stock market graphics.... I do that all the time. But the typing was unnecessary....

    • @Luka-cu8ep
      @Luka-cu8ep 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Michael Ortega wow what are you doing here

  • @dionagona8205
    @dionagona8205 2 ปีที่แล้ว +80

    That one image with the three yachts makes me imagine one of the rich people seeing the first yacht and thinking “I’m going to buy one bigger than that one” then another person comes along and says “I’m going to buy one bigger than that one” as an army general walks by and thinks to himself “I already have one bigger than that one” as he walks onto an aircraft carrier.

    • @Zero.X
      @Zero.X 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      You made my day

    • @Bloodlyshiva
      @Bloodlyshiva 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Suddenly reminded of Rugal Bernstein and his aircraft carrier Black Noah.

    • @lurkingstar
      @lurkingstar 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      navy admiral*

  • @Sly88Frye
    @Sly88Frye 2 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    I never thought I would find a video talking about different classes of billionaire to be so interesting. This was very well made and very well explained.

  • @GreatRetro
    @GreatRetro 4 ปีที่แล้ว +802

    I would like a more indepth view on Upper class billionaires! Please.

    • @rafael285pc
      @rafael285pc 4 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      yes please that would be great

    • @CockatooDude
      @CockatooDude 4 ปีที่แล้ว +253

      Nah he doesn't wanna get a visit from a hitman lol.

    • @cartman2dk
      @cartman2dk 4 ปีที่แล้ว +125

      @@CockatooDude That is indeed a super easy way to get wacked. lets get some attention from the most powerful people walking the earth, those exact people who dont want attention :D.

    • @warrendalio8878
      @warrendalio8878 4 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      His channel would take a hit.

    • @weebsreact1087
      @weebsreact1087 4 ปีที่แล้ว +76

      @@warrendalio8878 *HE* will take a hit.

  • @travelator3035
    @travelator3035 4 ปีที่แล้ว +993

    Bernie Sanders will be having another massive heart attack looking at this video.

    • @harrywang4769
      @harrywang4769 4 ปีที่แล้ว +56

      Yeah but then Bernie Sanders will realize that to be a billionaire, you actually have to work a full time job for one day in your life and then go back to paying 15% of his income in taxes.

    • @nachiketh3650
      @nachiketh3650 4 ปีที่แล้ว +84

      @@harrywang4769 bernie is a millionaire himself

    • @mtk77621
      @mtk77621 4 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      On the contrary, he was looking at this video thinking about how delicious these billionaires would be. He's probably gonna have a heart attack before he becomes pres though...

    • @vassilyvodka2638
      @vassilyvodka2638 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@nachiketh3650 senators and representatives have a decent income and he is for like nearly 30 years a members of the congress. Are members of the congress paying less taxes than the common American?

    • @eclipse53
      @eclipse53 4 ปีที่แล้ว +49

      @@vassilyvodka2638 First of all they do not pay less in taxes they pay taxes on their congressional salaries, allthought "they have given themselves some extra perks that elevate them above normal taxpayers."
      (www.ntu.org/foundation/tax-page/do-members-of-congress-pay-income-taxes )
      Secondly I don't understand what your point is. Him being a "millionaire" doesn't mean his beliefs aren't legitimate and that he doesn't want to tax rich people just because he is one of them.

  • @JohnHill
    @JohnHill 2 ปีที่แล้ว +140

    I want to be rich enough to complain about billionaires one day. Right now I make fun of people who make 6 figures.

    • @notjazz.
      @notjazz. 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      The wonders of the algorithm 👏🏾 what’s good John

    • @pearyo7085
      @pearyo7085 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I just want to be rich enough to go to space anytime I want.

    • @jesussandoval9843
      @jesussandoval9843 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      People who live in middle class suburbs are rich mfs from my POV

    • @localman9063
      @localman9063 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@pearyo7085 "Just", lol

    • @athelstanrex
      @athelstanrex 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Whats wrong with making 6 figures?

  • @kyfohatl5622
    @kyfohatl5622 3 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    6:36 my dude is typing the same two keys over and over on a paused youtube video

  • @prakhar242
    @prakhar242 4 ปีที่แล้ว +612

    So even if I work my whole life to come out of poverty and successfully found a tech giant and become one of the richest people on paper, I'm still going to be 'low class'. I'm not even sure whether that's reassuring or depressing

    • @kenim
      @kenim 4 ปีที่แล้ว +62

      Its because sadly, most of the modern economic boom is "ficticious".

    • @CockatooDude
      @CockatooDude 4 ปีที่แล้ว +100

      Well if the company goes well and you can go public and start selling shares, then you can be middle class!

    • @marciaosullivan3200
      @marciaosullivan3200 4 ปีที่แล้ว +59

      @@kenim you mean that fact poverty is a record low is fiction because some one somewhere has a yacht

    • @chromatron5230
      @chromatron5230 4 ปีที่แล้ว +34

      @@marciaosullivan3200 mostly is , because most countries have definition of poverty and anyone above that even just by a cent is considered not poor

    • @alphadiallo6215
      @alphadiallo6215 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@kenim please elaborate

  • @tylerunderwood7877
    @tylerunderwood7877 4 ปีที่แล้ว +684

    "Before you complain about your minimum wage job, consider a thought for the billionaires", no, I don't think I will

    • @impyrobot
      @impyrobot 4 ปีที่แล้ว +83

      I think we should go full French Revolution on em

    • @djdeetsdroppingthosefunkyb1236
      @djdeetsdroppingthosefunkyb1236 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      impyrobot full? Like Robespierre and the Terror?

    • @shivanshna7618
      @shivanshna7618 4 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      @@djdeetsdroppingthosefunkyb1236 yes but first we go Marie Antoinette

    • @steveaguilar7510
      @steveaguilar7510 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      And then think that some people make less than $20 a day

    • @tylerunderwood7877
      @tylerunderwood7877 4 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      @AutoDriver4000 Assuming a lot about me and socialism aren't you. Pretty sure the quote I was using was some brilliant sarcasm, which I was playing along with.

  • @PhillKaggitz
    @PhillKaggitz 3 ปีที่แล้ว +33

    I used to pass the house of one of Mexico’s upper class billionaire every Sunday after partying on Saturdays. Would see the guy watering his plants.

  • @tasmanmillen
    @tasmanmillen 4 ปีที่แล้ว +842

    14:54 ‘’They actually have the opposite problem of the lower class. They have no paper wealth, but almost unlimited money and power”
    I’m sorry, but I fail to see how that is a problem.

    • @kakerake6018
      @kakerake6018 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Ikr

    • @simplefolk8991
      @simplefolk8991 4 ปีที่แล้ว +73

      It isn't, but when they do get find out they could be scrutinized, or perhaps some upper class could just have 4 billion USD in entire cash/digital credit. Certainly more than what Bezos spends in a year and more than any small to mid valued tech billionaire's paper wealth but that won't exactly last long if they spend it frivolously. And I do believe Russian oligarchs(those who collude within and with but from out of Putin's government) are of this type(assuming they are more numerous than the no. of wealthy Saudi family members).

    • @TheWebAdict
      @TheWebAdict 4 ปีที่แล้ว +104

      Probably just super inconvenient. Like when you you had to ask you mom to buy everything when you were a kid. Especially for dictators in places like Africa. You finally steal enough money to buy the new rolls royce and then you cant enjoy it in public. Tough life.

    • @projectjt3149
      @projectjt3149 4 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      Tasman Millen It is if you’re an open person who’d like to talk about anything to anyone. Let that sink in for a moment - they are so wealthy that they can not write TH-cam comments or post in any social media. Purely for non-disclosure.

    • @masterchief7301
      @masterchief7301 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@simplefolk8991 I'm sorry I don't follow, what do you mean?

  • @wisdom_magnet
    @wisdom_magnet 4 ปีที่แล้ว +175

    The way he keeps calling the rest of us "mere mortals" 😂😂

    • @sk-sm9sh
      @sk-sm9sh 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      The scary part is that the day where money can buy some expensive procedures that halt aging is coming closer and closer and mere mortals will be literal meaning.

    • @AanandBajaj
      @AanandBajaj 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@sk-sm9sh Yep, but it will trickle down to average people - companies will of course want to sell anti aging to 7 billion people. Albeit at a high price, overtime like every technology price will come down

    • @sk-sm9sh
      @sk-sm9sh 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@AanandBajaj something that I worry is following - right now no matter how rich you get your days are still numbered. What will happen when rich people can live significantly longer? Same person will be able to keep accumulating power. Same people have same unchanging minds and being in powerful position for long cause economical stagnation. Young - willing to risk and go through discomforts - not the old looking to maintain comfort - make our economies vibrant. I don't like whole live-longer thing. If it can trickle down to average people I think it might even be worse. Old people tend to maintain their mindset. It always takes change of generations for our social models to upgrade for the better. Our grand-grand-grand parents thought slavery is ok. Some grandparents thought toilets should be split by race. And I'd say a lot more older people compared to youngers fail to understand what ecological problems we create. And we don't know what sort of social development we are missing in the future.

  • @JETZcorp
    @JETZcorp 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    This might just be the best video on the channel. So many people tend to think of the rich as just getting comically huge paychecks every two weeks. The idea that you could technically be a billionaire but still get turned down for a subprime auto loan on a 1996 Dodge Neon, is really eye-opening.

    • @ca-ke9493
      @ca-ke9493 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      I think whats so fascinating is that at such an insane amount of money its all about keeping power and control over people. There something so insidious about someone who can cripple a country rather than just thinking about the abstract zeros in Jeff bezo's bank account.

  • @parth9716
    @parth9716 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    There's no challenge, this is by far the best channel on TH-cam.

  • @kyleeastman1145
    @kyleeastman1145 4 ปีที่แล้ว +559

    This is why I find it funny when people say, “oh, why can’t they just give away all of what they have and keep a billion? They’ll still be billionaire.” People don’t realize a vast majority of these billionaires’ wealth are not liquid. You can’t just donate a share of a company to a charity and expect that to do anything lol

    • @SI29222
      @SI29222 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Accurate point

    • @Dave_Sisson
      @Dave_Sisson 4 ปีที่แล้ว +34

      @@_blank-_ Overall I agree, but dividends differ from country to country. In the United States the tax system doesn't favour paying dividends so companies tend to accumulate more cash. But in some places like Australia dividends come with a tax credit IF the company has already paid tax, so companies in those places pay out as much as 75% of profits as dividends.

    • @Lawrence330
      @Lawrence330 3 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      @Yeshua is Lord. Spoiled socialists...there's a new one.
      You're right, they don't *have* to give their money away, that is correct. Here in the West most people have enough that despite their "collective malcontent" few enough would risk it all for outright class warfare. And that's really the fine line, isn't it? Keep the poorest poor enough to keep the middle class working, and give just enough so that too few are willing to lay it all out and start building guillotines...
      If only the French had sorted this out a few hundred years ago, or the Russians around the turn of the 20th century. So many fewer heads might have rolled had that, what do libertarians call it? Volunteerism, that's right. If only more of the wealthy had volunteered to share.
      New angle. Replace the word "money" with "clean water." Every anti-socialist, pro-Trumper I know would gladly kill Immortan Joe for hoarding all of the water while we plebs died of thirst. Money is a resource, and as long as everyone has "enough" no one really (read: violently) cares if a few people have too much. But if the unwashed masses really start to feel the pain, well, that's when they really "share the wealth."

    • @elizabethtalaska5369
      @elizabethtalaska5369 3 ปีที่แล้ว +37

      Actually, you can donate shares to charity. The charity either keeps them as an endowment to generate income over time, or sells them realizing the full current value.

    • @hanshintermann1551
      @hanshintermann1551 3 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      You absolutely can. But yes, people are aware that the majority of their wealth is not liquid. What they demand is obviously that they liquify it and *then* give it away. You don't need to spell that out.

  • @meneither3834
    @meneither3834 4 ปีที่แล้ว +570

    I hear European nobility ?
    *Angry french noises*

    • @Xamufam
      @Xamufam 4 ปีที่แล้ว +44

      Its time for a revolution

    • @madensmith7014
      @madensmith7014 4 ปีที่แล้ว +75

      Bring out the guillotine!

    • @ufhb6649
      @ufhb6649 4 ปีที่แล้ว +36

      _La Marseillaise starts playing_

    • @meneither3834
      @meneither3834 4 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      @@madensmith7014 we missed some heads.

    • @zerenadli
      @zerenadli 4 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      Vive la Revolution

  • @Kay_Wright
    @Kay_Wright 4 ปีที่แล้ว +33

    Man this was kinda frightening when you actually put it all into perspective like this. Man I need to get to these levels of wealth

    • @nownalolo2270
      @nownalolo2270 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      You want to get to these levels of wealth ok ok. How do you want to achieve that?

    • @costakeith9048
      @costakeith9048 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Do you have an army? You're going to need an army to reach upper class billionaire in a single lifetime.

    • @mushroomdew
      @mushroomdew 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      No you don't, instead we need to abolish those levels of wealth. They shouldn't exist while people still die of preventable disease, war, famine and lack of basic facilities.

    • @pleasedontlookforme8036
      @pleasedontlookforme8036 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Give it up dude, unless you've got blood ties to some ancient medieval conquers, just live your life chasing the average middle class life. Best life one could have. These people may have money but their hearts are cold, and family ties are weak. Why idolise b*stards who earned their money from their great great granddaddy going around pillaging and r*ping other countries. Earn a respectable living, then once you're secure financially help others through charity. That's the best life.

    • @wackoterp7026
      @wackoterp7026 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Mexico isn't a first world country but is one of the happiest in the world. Being rich might sound easy but it will crush your mind if you're not careful managing such money

  • @relevantusername3342
    @relevantusername3342 2 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    Can we get a follow up on the upper class Billionaires? This seems super interesting.

  • @Je.rone_
    @Je.rone_ 4 ปีที่แล้ว +113

    *Being a billionaire without having had started a publicly traded company must be difficult*

    • @LowestofheDead
      @LowestofheDead 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Be born into the right family

    • @not4thestreetz935
      @not4thestreetz935 4 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Not if you're a good salesperson/storyteller. Elizabeth Holmes became a billionaire by selling nothing with her theranos scam

    • @hakshustletv
      @hakshustletv 4 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      @@not4thestreetz935 Yeah but as we've learned, something like that won't last forever. It's still a hilarious story to me though, we have to give her some props for being able to pull the wool over the eyes of world-leading investment institutions for that long.

    • @not4thestreetz935
      @not4thestreetz935 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Haks Hustle true that

    • @AliA-by2ju
      @AliA-by2ju 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@not4thestreetz935 did she stay one?

  • @grimmpierful
    @grimmpierful 4 ปีที่แล้ว +87

    I cant even imagine being one of the upper billionaires. You can have literally anything physically possible whenever you want

    • @reinisbrigis
      @reinisbrigis 4 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      Yes, so much stories of people being just run over on street or taken their companies away just like that with no consequences - just a modern Russia - Putin and his friends and family members own country, police and judge and do what they want on plain sight openly. Upper officials get payed, others get intimidated.

    • @alrizo1115
      @alrizo1115 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      until they die.

    • @NotShowingOff
      @NotShowingOff 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      It’s like Full power Thanos. And Jeff Bezos is like thanos with only 2-3 stones

    • @Lea-cy3lb
      @Lea-cy3lb 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      that honestly sounds boring. desire to have something is only possible when, obviously, you don't have something. that's why us mere mortals are driven, because we have desires. if you have everything, what are you living for?

    • @NotShowingOff
      @NotShowingOff 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Lea why do you think billionaires buy politicians. We assume low taxes. And that’s a good excuse. But I think they get a psychological comfort by controlling ppls lives

  • @sharikkhan4775
    @sharikkhan4775 3 ปีที่แล้ว +49

    I literally laughed when he mentioned Jeff Bezos as a middle class billionaire 😂

  • @iluzota
    @iluzota 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Great videos! Economics Explained!! Love them!

  • @GhPadua
    @GhPadua 4 ปีที่แล้ว +665

    I would love to hear about different economic models like Yugoslavia's market socialism, Anarchist Catalonia or Georgism. Would be nice to hear from an economist something other than traditional free market capitalism or state socialism. Thanks for the great work!

    • @ezrathegreatconqueror
      @ezrathegreatconqueror 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Keş Orangutan lmao

    • @user-rd5nc1nb9f
      @user-rd5nc1nb9f 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Market socialism is a hit oxymoronic

    • @Parcian-
      @Parcian- 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Georgism is the best economic model in my opinion. The Georent is considered the "best tax" ou "the least bad tax" for many economists (both left and right) and yet Georgism is a forgotten discipline in economic schools.

    • @Parcian-
      @Parcian- 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@alexandermai4985 I love the concept of cooperatives, but my problem with classical anarchism is the "private property not allowed". I think that cooperatives can easily coexists with private enterprises, competing or cooperating with them.
      I would like to see a world based on Georgism (because of the moral goal of geo-rent) with a type of "panarchy" in with individuals could choose the government they want to participate.
      Hugs from Brazil and sorry for bad english.

    • @GhPadua
      @GhPadua 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      @@user-rd5nc1nb9f It is not, not all socialism is marxist. Market socialism is an economy with markets, but with socialized means of production.

  • @kal2352
    @kal2352 4 ปีที่แล้ว +63

    Aww poor Jeff Bezos, sending thoughts and prayers.

  • @ahhu.
    @ahhu. 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    One of the most valuable channels I have encountered, well done 👏

  • @krishypo3468
    @krishypo3468 3 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    This just made me realize the anime balance unlimited is actually possible

  • @videozoom12
    @videozoom12 4 ปีที่แล้ว +170

    This. Is. Incredible. Ty so much for this. I have been wildly curious about this topic for about 5 years and done some research but couldn't put it together as powerfully and simply as you did. God bless you and thank you so much for this.

  • @giancarlo_rc
    @giancarlo_rc 4 ปีที่แล้ว +467

    *Life must be tough at the bottom-half of the 0.1%*
    * *_CRIES IN CHAMPAGNE_* *

    • @aurorawaxwing5866
      @aurorawaxwing5866 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @Dimosthenis Karamparpas yes and no for 99% of people you need to consider the cost of living where they are being payed.

    • @Konstantinos1404
      @Konstantinos1404 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @Dimosthenis Karamparpas How is 30k considered 1%? In the US especially it is thought over 90k is considered rich. Here in Europe it is lower probably around 60

    • @Konstantinos1404
      @Konstantinos1404 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @Dimosthenis Karamparpas True, but that's a really broad comparison,someone in Turkey for example who earns average wage(200 euros) is considered extremely poor in western nations, but in a country like angola pretty rich. However the cost of living is also way higher in the western world than for example Turkey.

    • @marcospedroza7184
      @marcospedroza7184 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      *cries champagne

    • @Deschutron
      @Deschutron 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Ow, ow! It's fizzing in my eyes!

  • @qtluna7917
    @qtluna7917 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    The same concept exists in other social classes as well. E.g. I personally have little paper wealth (net worth of maybe $2000, I don't even own a car, lol), but I have somewhat wealthy family (let's say top 5% give or take). If I need a loan, I can easily get 10-15k and pay it back interest free, because there is "generational wealth" that is easy to access and shift around. Now let's take for example a self-made entrepreneur, he might be richer than my whole family combined. But most of that money is locked up in his business, to give his family a loan, he'd probably get one from a bank.
    So I'm upper class riffraff.

  • @thegacha1615
    @thegacha1615 3 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    "Flexing in western Media when your constituents struggle to feed themselves"
    *Shows Moscow*

  • @mythlegend1994
    @mythlegend1994 4 ปีที่แล้ว +406

    I like how he implied of the Rothschilds without actually pointing a finger at them.

    • @JamesAJ
      @JamesAJ 4 ปีที่แล้ว +51

      *especially* using the stock videos... we all knew what the old, European shots were implying.

    • @sharonyohannan5293
      @sharonyohannan5293 4 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      Yeah Private real estate and oil and mining fields

    • @fionafiona1146
      @fionafiona1146 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      There are others.

    • @comicsans3845
      @comicsans3845 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      And the Pope

    • @Negermak
      @Negermak 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      The rothschilds, rocketfellers, kissingers and other steins and bergs that run the federal reserve are the real elite, the business magnates like gates bezos and elon are nothing compared to the royal families and their foundations that actualy run the world.

  • @projectjt3149
    @projectjt3149 4 ปีที่แล้ว +388

    the contrast between “Middle class” and “Elite” billionaires reminds me of East Egg vs West Egg
    Edit: 100+ likes already? Glad to see we’ve got plenty of old sports

    • @Scarface_iii
      @Scarface_iii 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      😂😂😂😂😂😂

    • @misters6749
      @misters6749 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Can you explain please?
      Honestly curious!

    • @projectjt3149
      @projectjt3149 4 ปีที่แล้ว +39

      @Mister S It's a reference to "Great Gatsby". East Egg is where the “old money" community lives; West Egg is where all those who got rich quick live.

    • @stephenlee1664
      @stephenlee1664 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Neat gatsby reference. Quite possibly my favorite book that i've ever read.

    • @sanghyunhwang1297
      @sanghyunhwang1297 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      ‘Tis true though. The book was trying to depict exactly that.

  • @second3118
    @second3118 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    This is the most informing video or any piece of information for that matter that I have watched for quite sometime

  • @jimbob7534
    @jimbob7534 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Economics Explained Thank you. Your video was very educational. 👏👏👏👏

  • @Blastoise9000
    @Blastoise9000 4 ปีที่แล้ว +83

    That’s some god tier sarcasm at the end there. Well played lol

  • @robinledesma2683
    @robinledesma2683 4 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    If you watch this video and you feel sad, just keep telling yourself that "money can't buy happiness." Hasn't cheered me up so far, but someday maybe I'll believe it.

  • @CharlieDof93
    @CharlieDof93 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    This deserves a subscribe. Well explained

  • @bigm7852
    @bigm7852 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    i've learned so much. Thanks!

  • @Seroriannedreno4766
    @Seroriannedreno4766 4 ปีที่แล้ว +385

    Wait so thares a poor billionaires and Rich billionaires

    • @abhishekgore2316
      @abhishekgore2316 4 ปีที่แล้ว +63

      And a loan billionaire,hes a billionaire but he took loan for it

    • @syntheticfox_real
      @syntheticfox_real 4 ปีที่แล้ว +61

      serorian net
      Yeah. You gotta remember that not everyone has a billion dollars of hard cash lying around. Some billionaires are only billionaires because of the companies they own or stocks or assets that can’t be liquidated, and thus live more like millionaires or even middle-class guys.
      Because... hierarchy.

    • @Seroriannedreno4766
      @Seroriannedreno4766 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@syntheticfox_real so basically fake money

    • @dehazelaar4324
      @dehazelaar4324 4 ปีที่แล้ว +37

      @@Seroriannedreno4766 Money is fake, always has been, it's just a physical (nowadays digital) manifestation of human energy, which is the real resource they are hoarding. Money is simply a tool to harvest our energy, nothing more nothing less.

    • @Seroriannedreno4766
      @Seroriannedreno4766 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@dehazelaar4324 so the consep of a money is the imagination of a value

  • @jacobw703
    @jacobw703 4 ปีที่แล้ว +244

    It being tax season here in the U.S., I'd be curious to see a video dedicated to tax schemes, tax rates, which ones work and in what situations.
    Not a very happy topic to be sure, but definitely one I'm interested in.

    • @tompeled6193
      @tompeled6193 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      All people are tax people.

    • @massive223
      @massive223 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      that sounds more like an Accounting Explained videos

    • @z3ro216
      @z3ro216 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      About to commit tax fraud we must.

    • @projectjt3149
      @projectjt3149 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Economics of Taxation doesn’t sound too bad actually.

    • @haripetrov1289
      @haripetrov1289 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      If I am not mistaken, when you add all the taxes, a business owner must pay about 50% of their earnings as taxes. Though, the super super rich can evade them. Even the millionaires cant really that much if at all.

  • @Santanilla
    @Santanilla 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Your videos are getting better every time

  • @jeremiahnoar7504
    @jeremiahnoar7504 3 ปีที่แล้ว +41

    I use to feel sorry for me self but truly, it’s the lower class billionaires that deserve my pityXD

  • @FengLengshun
    @FengLengshun 4 ปีที่แล้ว +79

    Yeah. People need to spare more thoughts towards the struggling billionaire. It's hard being rich when you have to pay the government for favors and get the respect of your peers as opposed to having government pay you for favors and being the envy of your peers, you know? Really, those heartless 99% majority need to have more sympathy towards the %1, it's never easy being in the minority after all.

  • @sabbirshuvo4201
    @sabbirshuvo4201 4 ปีที่แล้ว +91

    Zimbabwe must have the most Billionaires in the world! 😂

  • @calebjeoung1225
    @calebjeoung1225 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    This is such an informative video.

  • @asmaremengistu2449
    @asmaremengistu2449 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thank you form EE nation! ❤️ we enjoyed very much

  • @vibhushukla8900
    @vibhushukla8900 4 ปีที่แล้ว +55

    You know the video is well done when a pea brained person like me understands

  • @Robert.Stole.the.Television
    @Robert.Stole.the.Television 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    New favorite educational channel. Never thought I'd be marathoning videos about economics.

  • @etrade8869
    @etrade8869 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    1. own private comapanies
    2. own public companies
    3. hedge fund
    4. old money

    • @bdasaw
      @bdasaw 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      0.5. Be a CEO
      0. Us

  • @chihebbacha6680
    @chihebbacha6680 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I tried the method at 3:12 and it worked. Thanks for the Tip.

  •  4 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    Jeff Bezos: does charities.
    Amazon employees: *weeze*

  • @Pro-dd4dv
    @Pro-dd4dv 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Finally someone broke the ice on this topic. Amazing

  • @elixorvideos
    @elixorvideos 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    You're helping me understand stock, shares, and investing :)

  • @Nalot56
    @Nalot56 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Amazing video. Keep it up!!

  • @simplethings3730
    @simplethings3730 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    When I got up this morning and opened TH-cam, I narrowed my suggested choices down to either this one or one about whether or not a chicken could raise a duck. I decided to watch this one.... right after I watched the one about the chicken raising a duck 😁. Another great video as usual.

  • @miroslavmilan
    @miroslavmilan 4 ปีที่แล้ว +27

    Thank you for inspiring more compassion with our world’s poor billionaires.

  • @denzelsugayan432
    @denzelsugayan432 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    this is very interesting!!

  • @rooramblingon895
    @rooramblingon895 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Great channel, adding to my already ridiculously eclectic TH-cam tastes LOL I rank this channel up with those who can make statistics interesting (Tim Harford, BBC Radio 4) and well above the physics educators (because physics is already interesting...).

  • @livethefuture2492
    @livethefuture2492 4 ปีที่แล้ว +81

    in our modern world, so much of our wealth just depends on how much other people think something is worth.
    well, actually that's pretty much what economics is.

  • @dashmeetsingh9679
    @dashmeetsingh9679 4 ปีที่แล้ว +75

    I'm so poor that I have to take loan everytime, my servants use imported cars to buy veggies. #LowerClassBillionaire

    • @admiralrng6506
      @admiralrng6506 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      do they use the McLaren or the Benz?

    • @ritwikreddy5670
      @ritwikreddy5670 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      That is true though. It is those kinds of people when they die, all the loans they have taken even out with their paper worth and have no inheritance for their children.
      Their children will have all the mansions, cars and everything but have no means of income to maintain them.

    • @anelisajustanelisa236
      @anelisajustanelisa236 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Woah is most certainly you! Poor thing!

  • @bensteele4936
    @bensteele4936 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    "before you complain about your minimum wage job not being able to cover your crippling student loan debt, spare a thought for the billionaire you can't even afford to fuel his jet without taking out a personal loan" HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA. Great video, liked and subscribed.

  • @ciel222
    @ciel222 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    VERY INTERESTING video 👏👏👏👏

  • @aihiphop1
    @aihiphop1 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Great video no cap. But I think by now you should have real subtitles for your videos. You’re big enough as a channel
    Great work👍🏽💯

  • @ericflyingraccoon923
    @ericflyingraccoon923 4 ปีที่แล้ว +61

    Never thought I'd see a video like this. Great work dude !! Anyway last time i was this early Bill Gates was dancing on stage

  • @jaylawrencepentado100
    @jaylawrencepentado100 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Watching this showed how the rich families in the Crazy Rich Asians trilogy made sense in how they spent and how wealthy they really are

  • @NoogahOogah
    @NoogahOogah 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Seems like money becomes more abstract the richer you get. For the highest tier of billionaire, it doesn’t even exist anymore: it has been sublimated into raw power and influence.

    • @curious_one1156
      @curious_one1156 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      It is analogous to : Say someone ownes a lot of real estate, but they dont have a monthly income, and real estate market is slumping.
      They are technically still rich, but will have to think twice before even buying a simple car.
      But that real estate in itself has so much influence.

  • @josefrootgum
    @josefrootgum 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Louis CK jokes 'If Bill Gates only has a billion and he loses a hundred million, he still has 900 fu-king million!' I think about that as I buy $100 worth of ramen and biscuits to last a full month.

  • @jimstaxx4978
    @jimstaxx4978 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Excellent video. Trying to make "lower class" billionaires appear to be the hard-scabble guy that struggles does't work to well, but after watching this video I do have a more understandable and admirable appreciation for wealth builders. Someone once said: "wealthy people, like the poor, love recieving free stuff", I finally know what that means.

  • @awareness-mb5do
    @awareness-mb5do 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thxs again for such education

  • @sidharthk_
    @sidharthk_ 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Great content.