All-In PodcastE53: Wealth tax, inflation as a capital allocator, big tech earnings, paternity leave & more
Episode Details
EPISODE INFO
- Released
- October 30, 2021
- Duration
- 1h 19m
- Channel
- All-In Podcast
- Watch on YouTube
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EPISODE DESCRIPTION
Show Notes: 0:00 Bestie intro, child update, Joe Lonsdale’s take on paternity leave 20:44 Proposed “Wealth Tax” 35:13 Inflation discussion: corporate and government reactions 52:30 Dealing with inflation as a capital allocator 58:49 Big Tech’s outrageous quarterly earnings, why Google is the best business ever, Facebook’s “Meta” rebrand Follow the besties: https://twitter.com/chamath https://linktr.ee/calacanis https://twitter.com/DavidSacks https://twitter.com/friedberg Follow the pod: https://twitter.com/theallinpod https://linktr.ee/allinpodcast Intro Music Credit: https://rb.gy/tppkzl https://twitter.com/yung_spielburg Intro Video Credit: https://twitter.com/TheZachEffect Referenced in the show: https://twitter.com/JTLonsdale/status/1453399478254379008 https://www.npr.org/sections/money/2019/02/26/698057356/if-a-wealth-tax-is-such-a-good-idea-why-did-europe-kill-theirs https://www.treasury.gov/resource-center/data-chart-center/interest-rates/pages/textview.aspx?data=yield https://www.npr.org/2021/10/28/1049980529/starbucks-and-costco-raising-wages-in-the-nationwide-competition-for-workers https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/GFDEGDQ188S https://markets.businessinsider.com/news/currencies/crypto-investor-turned-8000-into-5-billion-buying-shiba-inu-2021-10 https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-10-29/tesla-s-tsla-hidden-billionaire-how-one-retail-investor-made-7-billion https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/TOST/ https://www.wsj.com/articles/microsoft-overtakes-apple-as-most-valuable-company-11635516976 https://abc.xyz/investor/static/pdf/2021Q3_alphabet_earnings_release.pdf?cache=f1ba3f6 https://twitter.com/Jason/status/1450108244915937284 https://www.theverge.com/22743744/facebook-teen-usage-decline-frances-haugen-leaks https://vm.tiktok.com/TTPdYPqdJ6/ #allin #tech #news
SPEAKERS
Jason Calacanis
hostChamath Palihapitiya
hostDavid Friedberg
hostNarrator
other
EPISODE SUMMARY
In this episode of All-In Podcast, featuring Jason Calacanis and Chamath Palihapitiya, E53: Wealth tax, inflation as a capital allocator, big tech earnings, paternity leave & more explores billionaire tax battles, inflation fears, paternity leave and Meta’s gamble The hosts open with personal updates on new babies and pivot into a heated debate over paternity leave norms, Joe Lonsdale’s controversial tweet, and cancel culture. They then dissect Democratic tax proposals, especially wealth and billionaire taxes, arguing they’re poorly designed, politically rushed, and risk capital flight while doing little to fix structural issues. A large portion of the discussion focuses on inflation as a byproduct of unprecedented monetary and fiscal policy, its impact on the middle class, asset bubbles, and how it distorts investment behavior. The episode closes with analysis of big tech earnings—especially Google, Microsoft, Amazon—and Facebook’s rebrand to Meta, questioning whether it’s bold innovation or a defensive move amid platform and demographic pressure.
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