What Can't Go on Forever?

The share of wealth owned by the top decile had been mounting steadily since the destruction of the World Wars. And it reached a tipping point where once again, they could command policy outcomes. The way that it stops is not with a reset to a fair distribution, but with something much more like civilizational collapse.

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