But one of our own residents became the world's first trillionaire. Those three men now own more wealth than the entire middle class. The top 1% has put the American dream behind a paywall. Fifty years ago, a corporate lawyer named Lewis Powell circulated a memo around D.C. a blueprint for how corporations could amass political power, reverse the gains of the Great Society and the New Deal and rig the system for themselves. (05:52–06:00)
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Asserts that Lewis Powell circulated a memo in Washington, D.C., 50 years ago.
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