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DESCRIPTION:Government – And Everything Else – Of the Rich, By the Rich, For the 
 Rich\n\nOver the past generation, the concentration of wealth in the hands 
 of a tiny elite in the U.S. has grown at an astonishing rate. Today, a mere 
 1% of the population controls 70% of the national wealth, an all-time 
 record. This concentration of wealth has also resulted in a concentration 
 of political power, and this concentration of wealth and political power 
 has brought us to what is being called plutonomy: an economy powered solely 
 by and solely for the wealthy. The "average American" consumer no longer 
 exists.\n\nIn this talk, Paul George, Director of Peninsula Peace and 
 Justice Center, will examine how this concentration of wealth and power 
 came to be. (Unsurprisingly, it was not by accident.) He will explore what 
 it means for a supposedly democratic society. Finally, he will propose some 
 ways in which we might begin to reverse course. As former Supreme Court 
 Justice Louis Brandeis noted,"We can have democracy in this country, or we 
 can have great wealth concentrated in the hands of a few, but we can't have 
 both."\n https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2011/09/14/18690331.php
SUMMARY:Government Of the Rich
LOCATION:Student Center, Palo Alto High School\n50 Embarcadero Road\nPalo Alto, 
 California 94301
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2011/09/14/18690331.php
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