… today massive income and wealth inequality, where three people on top own more wealth in the bottom half of American society. The reality, the economic reality of today is that Over the last 50 years, real inflation accounted for wages have not gone up. Workers are making the same, maybe a little bit less than they were 50 years ago. And during that time, there was a $75 trillion transfer of wealth from the bottom 90% to the top 1%. (08:04–08:14)
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Asserts that real wages have stagnated over the past 50 years.
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