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Podcast: Call It Like I See It
Episode: MacKenzie Scott's Philanthropy Reveals Her Good Heart and Our Economic System's Rot
Description: James Keys and Tunde Ogunlana discuss MacKenzie Scott, the ex-wife of Jeff Bezos, and the staggering amounts she has donated to charitable causes not just in 2025 but also since 2019, consider whether this level of philanthropy is needed now with how much wealth disparity has grown, and discuss how the pillars in the American system that brought about the largest middle class in the history of the world were intentionally taken apart to rig the system to promote ever increasing wealth accumulation. Â
MacKenzie Scott announced another $7.1 billion in 2025 charitable donations—she’s now given away $26.3 billion since...