Robert ReichWall Street banks are set to hit a trillion dollars in profit over the past decade.
Meanwhile, the net worth of middle-class families continues to decline.
Folks, this is unsustainable.
Nicole ParsonsThe Gilded Age of the late 19th century was built by robber barons, oil oligarchs, railway tyrants, textile slavers, crooked bankers, and the brewery industry.
It took two global recessions, a pandemic, mass industrial death, and two world wars to bring that era to an end.
How will this iteration of hoarded wealth end this time?
The Skeptic's Book of Lists@Npars01 I never thought of it that way. Hrm. Good point.
What's odd is that it's the exact same industries funding Republican fascism now.
That "something for nothing" ideology of the ultra-wealthy is pernicious.