Splitting Musk, Bezos, Zuck's fortunes plus top AI valuations yields just $50/person UBI
Afinetheorem · x · 2026-10-19
- Economist Afinetheorem runs a thought experiment: distribute Elon Musk, Bezos, and Zuck's entire fortunes ($1.5T combined) plus the full market value of Google, OpenAI, and Anthropic ($7T) equally to every person on Earth, without destroying those organizations.
- The result: about $1,000 per person, or a permanent UBI of roughly $50/year at a generous 5% risk-free real return.
- The takeaway deflates the fantasy that confiscating top Silicon Valley wealth could fund meaningful universal basic income.
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