Book · 2026 · History
Gerontocracy in America
How the Old Are Hoarding Power and Wealth—and What to Do About It
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“So, just to take an example from this very podcast, uh, a couple weeks ago, I had Sam Mo on, who is a law professor at Yale, who's written a book called Gerontocracy in America.”
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“My guest this week is a Yale Law professor and the author of “Gerontocracy in America,” a new book that argues that the concentration of wealth and power among older Americans is our least-discussed crisis.”