# Beware, fellow plutocrats, the pitchforks are coming

- Institution: TED
- Department: TEDSalon NY2014
- Speaker: Nick Hanauer
- Year: 2014
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Economics, Business and management
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/nick_hanauer_beware_fellow_plutocrats_the_pitchforks_are_coming)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

Nick Hanauer is a rich guy, an unrepentant capitalist — and he has something to say to his fellow plutocrats: Wake up! Growing inequality is about to push our societies into conditions resembling pre-revolutionary France. Hear his argument about why a dramatic increase in minimum wage could grow the middle class, deliver economic prosperity ... and prevent a revolution.

## Lectures

1. [Beware, fellow plutocrats, the pitchforks are coming](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/nick_hanauer_beware_fellow_plutocrats_the_pitchforks_are_coming/9a9b4c7ad34a), 21 min (TED's player)