America's Second Great Depression

For nearly three decades, corporations, banks and the ultra-wealthy have reaped financial rewards from America’s bubble economy at the expense of working-class Americans. During this stretch, the majority of the gains from U.S. productivity have been disproportionately distributed to the top income earners. Over the years, these inequities have accumulated into an ever-increasing wealth and income disparity.  

Although this trend has been apparent for many years, America’s media’s monopoly, establishment economists, politicians and others posing as advocates of Main Street have only recently acknowledged this growing inequality as a problem. That calls into question whether or not these “Monday Morning Quarterbacks” are truly concerned about economic inequality, and whether or not they understand and are willing to move forward with...