Why the Middle Class Is Shrinking (By Design, Not Accident)
Why do millions feel poorer while the economy grows? This video explains how policy, banking, and tax shifts since the 1980s rewired wealth creation to favor asset ownership over wages. We walk the historical arc - from post-war prosperity to financialization, the productivity-pay split, and debt’s role as the middle class’s invisible scaffolding, using concrete data and real mechanisms.
No conspiracy, just design: preferential tax rules, deregulated finance, and crisis responses made asset inflation the engine of wealth. If you feel the system is rigged, this explains why. Watch to understand the mechanics and the political choices that could change the outcome.
00:00 - The Paradox You Live
01:19 - When Wages Mattered
04:00 - The Rules Were Rewritten
08:28 - When Everything Became an Asset
11:00 - Living on Borrowed Time
13:21 - The Tax Code’s Features
15:49 - Crises That Accelerate Inequality
18:09 - Design, Consequence, Choice
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