Must-reads of 2017: How finance ate everything

Three decades ago, a revolution occurred in the world economy. Today, we’re living through its extensive political consequences. This revolution consisted of financialization. Financial services, from banks and hedge funds to trading houses, became the largest industry in the United States. Market speculation replaced industrial productivity as the motor of U.S. growth, while mobile capital

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