<p>Elon Musk is on the verge of becoming a trillionaire. Right now Musk's wealth is currently around $825 billion US — more than double what it was a year earlier. Only 22 countries currently boast economies larger than Musk’s net worth, but he’s catching up. In the third episode of our series <em>The Billionaire Age </em>we investigate how Musk and his fellow billionaires are trying to take over the world. And if they succeed, what will this mean for the rest of us?</p><p><br></p><p>Listen to more episodes in this series:</p><p><br></p><p><a href="https://link.mgln.ai/XpeW6v" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>Listen to Part One: How did we get here?</strong></a></p><p><a href="https://link.mgln.ai/21RYS5" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>Listen to Part Two: Disney heiress on the dangers of extreme wealth</strong></a></p><p><br></p><p>Guests in this episode:</p><p><br></p><p>Ingrid Robeyns is a philosopher and economist. She is the chair in Ethics of Intuitions at Utrecht University, and the author of <em>Limitarianism: The Case Against Extreme Wealth</em>.</p><p><br></p><p>Lucas Chancel is an economist and the co-director of The World Inequality Lab. He's also a professor at the Paris School of Economics.</p><p><br></p><p>Gabriel Zucman is an economist and the co-director of The World Inequality Lab. He's also a professor at the Paris School of Economics and the University of California, Berkeley.</p><p><br></p><p>Nitin Bharti is an economist and lecturer at the University of Western Australia. He is also the South and South-East Asia coordinator at the World Inequality Lab.</p><p><br></p><p>Lars Osberg is an economics professor at Dalhousie University, in Halifax, Nova Scotia. His latest book is <em>The Scandalous Rise of Inequality in Canada.</em></p><p><br></p><p>Abigail Disney is an American film producer, philanthropist and social activist. She is a member of Patriotic Millionaires which advocates for higher taxes on the wealthy.</p><p><br></p><p>Paul Krugman is an economist and the winner of the 2008 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences.</p><p><br></p><p>Tim Wu is a legal scholar and professor at Columbia Law School. He is also a contributing opinion writer at the New York Times. His latest book is <em>The Age of Extraction: How Tech Platforms Conquered the Economy and Threaten Our Future Prosperity.</em></p><p><br></p><p>Nick Hanauer is an entrepreneur and venture capitalist. He co-authored the book, <em>Corporate Bullsh*t: Exposing The Lies and Half-Truths that Protect Profit, Power and Wealth in America</em>, with Joan Walsh and Donald Cohen. He also hosts the podcast Pitchfork Economics.</p><p><br></p><p>Guido Alfani is a professor of economic history at Bocconi University in Milan, Italy. His latest book is <em>As Gods Among Men: A History of the Rich in the West. </em></p>