Thursday, April 12, 2012

Wealth Defense Industry: The Real Reason America's Oligarchs Can Squeeze the Rest of Us | News & Politics | AlterNet

Wealth Defense Industry: The Real Reason America's Oligarchs Can Squeeze the Rest of Us | News & Politics | AlterNet
"In 2005, Citigroup offered its high net-worth clients in the United States a concise statement of the threats they and their money faced.
The report told them they were the leaders of a “plutonomy,” an economy driven by the spending of its ultra-rich citizens. “At the heart of plutonomy is income inequality,” which is made possible by “capitalist-friendly governments and tax regimes.”