@everittdmickey. some great utube video's giving a unique explanation of why the world economy has screwed the middle class are given by Mark Blyth. He predicted trump winning and brexit, some scottish guy with some really good insights, I would recommend if you want a pretty good perspective on how we all got screwed in the u.s. He leans left, but has some pretty interesting insights despite that. Be sure to check out his talk on the elephant graph.
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