America's Refusal to Address Structural Wealth Inequality

Summary

This article examines America's deep-rooted inequality problem through historical and contemporary lenses. It traces the arc from America's first millionaire (Robert Morris) to modern trillionaires, arguing that wealth concentration is not an accident but a feature of the economic system. The piece explores how structural factors — tax policy, labor market changes, financialization, and political capture — have systematically concentrated wealth at the top while leaving the middle and lower classes behind. It contends that despite periodic public outrage, America has consistently refused to meaningfully address the structural drivers of inequality, treating it as an inevitable byproduct of capitalism rather than a policy choice.

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