Billionaires are actually great for the economy, a director at the American Enterprise Institute argues.
That's because billionaire innovators produce trillions of dollars of value for the US.
The center-right think tank's Michael Strain argues that billionaires produce many times their net worth in value for the economy through their innovations.
But billionaire innovators — not billionaire heirs and heiresses — may be the exception to that, Strain said.
AdvertisementIn fact, billionaire innovators should be considered "worthy of emulation" for children, Strain added, praising an array of business icons.
Persons:
—, Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, Michael Strain, heiresses, Strain, Bezos, Mark Zuckerberg, Bernard Arnault —
Organizations:
American Enterprise Institute, Service, Amazon, Syndicate, Economic