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B0CQKRDF5S M4B@64 kbps Author: Guido Alfani Narrator: Peter Noble Alfani argues that the position of the rich and super-rich in Western society has always been intrinsically fragile their very presence has inspired social unease. In the Middle Ages, an excessive accumulation of wealth was considered sinful the rich were expected not to appear to be wealthy. Eventually, the rich were deemed useful when they used their wealth to help their communities in times of crisis. Yet in the twenty-first century, the rich and the super-rich have been exceptionally reluctant to contribute to the common good in times of crisis, rejecting even such stopgap measures as temporary tax increases. History suggests that this is a troubling development-for the rich, and for everyone else.