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Owen Zidar
Professor of Economics and Public Affairs, Princeton University
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Real Alpha has cut 3 moments of Owen Zidar (Professor of Economics and Public Affairs, Princeton University) talking, from an interview on Prof G Markets published Oct 23, 2026.
What Owen Zidar said
Meet The Millionaire Class That Really Runs America
3 moments · 12 min
- 9:01
Some pass-through tax breaks do little to boost investment
“And that really has very little impact on employment and investment, and it was hugely expensive.”
at 13:46 - 2:58
Private business owners explain half of the top 1%'s income-share rise
“there are over three million of them who have at least five million dollars in net worth”
at 3:19 - 50:58
Boomer retirements create succession openings for new owners
“And so they would much rather have somebody follow in their footsteps for a few years, learn the business and sell it to them”
at 52:36
- 9:01