Carlota Perez (@CarlotaPrzPerez) joins Erik on this episode. They Discuss:

- The stage of the current technological revolution
- The effects of income polarization in the 21st century and how we correct it
- Planned obsolescence as the dominant theory in manufacturing
- The benefits of a basic income
- The similarities and differences between the mass production era and the information era
- Changes to the U.S. tax system
- Should Facebook be broken up
- How do you recognize when a technological revolution is happening
- What does the next revolution look like
- How revolutions influence which ideas become popular
- Is China on its own economic cycle

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