Watch: Brett Christophers on Our Lives in Their Portfolios
We sat down with Brett Christophers to discuss what happens when the basic infrastructure of our everyday lives (housing, roads, schools, water networks, etc.) become assets in the portfolios of asset management firms.
As the owners of more and more of the basic building blocks of everyday life, asset managers shape the lives of each and every one of us in profound and disturbing ways. In this eye-opening follow-up to Rentier Capitalism, Brett Christophers peels back the veil on "asset manager society."
Asset managers, he shows, are unlike traditional owners of housing and other essential infrastructure. Buying and selling these life-supporting assets at a dizzying pace, the crux of their business model is not long-term investment and careful custodianship but making quick profits for themselves and the investors that back them.
Please enjoy these clips from our conversation with Brett Christophers on Our Lives in Their Portfolios:
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