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Related: About this forumProfessor Richard Wolff Explains Our Staggering Level of Inequality
The wealthy elite are getting even richer, and a new report says that by 2016, the top one percent will control more than half of the world's wealth. What explains this staggering level of inequality, and is there any way to buck this trend?
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Professor Richard Wolff Explains Our Staggering Level of Inequality (Original Post)
marmar
Jan 2015
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They hold all the cards, the power & it's palpable, surging now after the disastrous midterm defeat.
appalachiablue
Jan 2015
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merrily
(45,251 posts)1. Dylan explained it, too. "Money doesn't talk; it screams."
And, when money screams, our elected *cough* representatives *cough* are very good and obedient listeners.
Overseas
(12,121 posts)2. K&R. Well said.
appalachiablue
(41,144 posts)3. They hold all the cards, the power & it's palpable, surging now after the disastrous midterm defeat.
Will be challenging to try to alter that unless the left builds education, organization and leadership to take action. Our institutions are under assault or already compromised- the media, public officials, public education, employment, unions, voting rights, civil rights, national security, police.
navarth
(5,927 posts)5. kick for Richard Wolff, always. nt
Enthusiast
(50,983 posts)6. Kicked and recommended a whole bunch!