Need money fast? The subtext of the video was clear: Financial capital gives you the power to soar above ordinary things. Today, we go to work and get paid wages straight into our bank accounts. Today, your credit card, student loan, overdraft, mortgage and car loan all generate profits for financial institutions. Financialized capitalism does the opposite: It creates vast wealth at the top, stagnating real wages and, well, just look around Main Street for the rest of the story.

Source: Huffington Post September 15, 2018 09:45 UTC