Odd Lots: How Beer Distributors and Other “Little Guys” Got Rich
A study identifies three million private business owners, termed "Main Street Millionaires," as a significant source of American wealth. Economists Owen Zidar and Eric Zwick discuss how owners of beverage distributors, dental practices, and car washes built these fortunes.
America's “Main Street Millionaires” comprise about three million private business owners who have amassed one of the country's most concentrated pools of wealth. That's according to a study conducted by Owen Zidar and Eric Zwick. On this episode of the Odd Lots podcast, economists and authors of The Everywhere Millionaire: Who Is Really Rich in America and How They Got There, tell Tracy Alloway and Joe Weisenthal how "little guys" like beverage distributors, dentists and car wash owners have…
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