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Bill Gates says socialist approaches have historically “worked extremely poorly” when compared to capitalistic market economies.
Asked in a recent interview with Quartz about some American young people’s rejection of capitalism in favor of socialism, Gates said:
The common sense idea that we ought to just equally have everything is always appealing. And even academics have always been more socialistic in their views. It just has a certain appeal. It has never—it’s worked extremely poorly.
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