“A positive feedback loop is in full force, resulting in a growing divide between the middle and lower classes and the very rich, a system wherein the richest 1 percent of households owns 32 percent of aggregate household wealth.”
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“A positive feedback loop is in full force, resulting in a growing divide between the middle and lower classes and the very rich, a system wherein the richest 1 percent of households owns 32 percent of aggregate household wealth.”
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