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Monday, May 18, 2026

JTW Podcast: The Consequences of Concentrated Wealth

When a handful of people own most of the productive assets in an economy, everyone else pays the price — in stagnant wages, hollowed-out democracy, and a future where AI and automation benefit only those who already own the machines. This video breaks down the consequences of concentrated capital ownership: the demand collapse it creates, the political corruption it enables, and the generational immobility it locks in.

But there's a structural, free market remedy that goes beyond taxing the rich or expanding welfare — the Economic Democracy Act. Unlike redistribution, automatic wage hikes, or Universal Basic Income (UBI), the EDA addresses the root cause: who owns the productive assets. By reforming how capital credit is extended, every citizen can become an owner — not a dependent — and share in the gains of the very automation that threatens to leave them behind. The choice isn't capitalism vs. socialism. It's concentrated ownership vs. broad ownership — and the clock is ticking.

In our opinion, the best way to secure respect for human dignity is — you guessed it —  embodied in the Just Third Way of Economic Personalism:

 

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You must click on the link below to get to the video, not on the photo.

 

The Consequences of Concentrated Wealth

 

 

 

(The links right above are what you’re supposed to click on.)

And if you want the playlists for previous videos:

 

The Greater Reset Interviews

 

Economic Personalism (The Book)

 

Economic Personalism v. The Great Reset

 

Book Reviews and Other Things

 

Socialism, Modernism and the New Age

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