[lbo-talk] US Ruling Class -- Where Do Their Wealth Come from?

[Yoshie Furuhashi]

> Carrol Cox wrote:
>
> >Decadence has a nice ring but it doesn't help understand
> >what is going on.
>
> Yes it does. I think the US ruling class has entered a decadent  
> phase, characterized by an inability to think beyond the next  
> quarter's profit report or the next election cycle. Seduced by tax  
> cuts, it's allowed the Bush admin to ravage the national finances  
> and threaten the pillars of empire. It may not be irreversible, but  
> it's a problem, and I think it's a fine way to begin to think about  
> what's going on now.
>
> Doug

Where do American members of the ruling class derive a majority of  
their wealth?  From the US economy or the rest of the world?

Yoshie Furuhashi
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