While this system traps the majority of the world's population in a cycle of debt, dependence and bankruptcy, a small elite are allowed to control the vast majority of resources, pulling the levers of institutions and becoming above the law.
The system we were promised is advertised as capitalism, liberating poor people from poverty. While elements of this are true, the bigger numbers tell a different story. The grand economic numbers are so grotesque they defy moral comprehension, revealing a criminal level of wealth consolidation that threatens the very fabric of society.
Why is this allowed to continue, and what does it say about the institutions that are supposed to guard against such extreme disparity...<<<Read More>>>...