Five of the ten richest people in the world attended Donald Trump’s inauguration as US president. Tech billionaires donated millions to his campaign and X owner Elon Musk is even an advisor to Trump’s cabinet.
How should we view these developments? Is the United States, as Joe Biden suggested in his farewell speech, becoming an oligarchy? How rich are the ultra-rich compared to other times? How big is the power of Big Tech? And how should Europe deal with that power?
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- Presentation:
- Marike Stellinga & Maarten Schinkel
- Editing, production & editing:
- Jeanne Geerken
- Mixing:
- Audio chief
- Music:
- Rufus van Baardwijk
- Photography:
- Folkert Koelewijn
- Artwork:
- Yannick Mortier