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To understand those convening at Epstein’s dinner table, know this law of power: Rich people don’t get richer from tax windfalls. As any social scientist will tell you, studies show that most rich people get richer because they hang out together.
And going to one dinner at Epstein’s was just so damn efficient. By bantering with the “right” people, even if invited by an unsavory host, the hedge-fund bro or TV director might just grab the brass ring on the merry-go-round—a connection to an Ivy League trustee for your high-schooler, a green light for a TV series—something that would be difficult to achieve on their own. Most of the men I know would cut off a limb to play 18 holes at Augusta National.…”