-Wealthiest 10% own 93% of stocks- not the real economy -Jails are filled with petty thieves while the real crooks are running everything -What is America? a conglomeration of several mega- corporations? -richest 1% of world is responsible for the same amount of carbon emissions as 5 billion of the poorest 2/3 of the planet 1/3 of those top 1% are generated in US