There’s new thinking on Capitalism

There’s a new term for capitalism being touted: inclusive capitalism. Basically, we need to include the poor and middle class in the productivity gains, not just flow the money to the already wealthy. The leaders in government and Davos are talking about it and proposals are being discussed.

The elites are waking up to the fact that all productivity gains since the 70’s/80’s have gone to the few, leaving out the poor and the middle class. I don’t believe those wealthy few have really earned that wealth unless they have started companies; being an investor or shareholder in a company doesn’t entitle them to the bulk of the money, no matter what that slogan “shareholder value” dictates. The poor and the middle class are the keys to economic growth and stable societies, but if they face declining disposable income, they can’t spend to drive growth. The few wealthy can only buy so much.

With fewer people with healthy disposable income, economic growth will stall and will eventually start impacting the wealthy, if democracy isn’t impacted first.

Here’s the link to the first article that I have read on the elite’s thinking on inclusive capitalism: