Most People Don't Realize Just HOW Concentrated The Economy Has Become | How Money Works
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Sep 29, 2025
Wealth is becoming alarmingly concentrated in the hands of a few, with private equity controlling a significant chunk of the U.S. economy. Major index funds now own substantial shares in most large companies, raising questions about fair resource distribution. Local monopolies are emerging, affecting youth sports leagues and community economics. This concentration also stifles job opportunities and hinders entrepreneurship, creating challenges for those looking to thrive in an increasingly competitive market.
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Economy Concentration Is Systemic
Private equity, top index funds, and wealthy owners now control a huge slice of the U.S. economy.
This concentration changes market dynamics and leaves fewer independent buyers and sellers.
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Fewer Public Companies, More Private Power
The number of publicly listed companies has almost halved while the economy tripled in size since the 1990s.
Fewer IPOs and acquisitions by big firms drove private markets' growth and reduced public market access.
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Stock Ownership Is Extremely Skewed
Wealth is highly concentrated: the top 10% own 93% of publicly listed stocks.
That skews incentives for companies to avoid public markets since retail ownership provides little funding benefit.
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Most People Don't Realize Just HOW Concentrated The Economy Has Become
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This might come as a shock to you, but big companies are getting bigger, rich people are getting richer and vital resources like housing, business equity, food and even water are now owned by a smaller share of people than ever before…
Groundbreaking journalism I know, but what most people don’t realize is just HOW concentrated this has really become…
Private Equity now controls as much as 20% of the entire US economy, top index funds now own 20 - 30% of all major companies listed in America, and even good old fashioned fraud is getting bigger and more concentrated…
And who can blame them? Economies of scale have encouraged businesses… to scale… markets, responded to Too Big To Fail by becoming Too Big To Fail… but what does this actually mean for regular people?
There is the “mOraL” argument that so many resources being controlled by such a small few is… you know… unfair… but let’s be honest, you’ve already made up your mind on that and no YouTube video is going to change it one way or another…
Instead what ACTUALLY matters here is how much farther can this go… and what happens to markets when these people have nobody left to sell to… but themselves?
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