The re-distribution of income from labour to capital, from workers to top-managers, and from low income households to the rich has been an important feature of financedominated capitalism since the early 1980s. After the Great Financial Crisis and the Great Recession in 2007-9, the recovery has...

"Gautam, Pinheiro, and Wilson analyze the spread of financialization in Latin America and the Caribbean, highlighting the ideational origins of financialization outside the region, its effects on government budgeting and social inclusion, and options for increased inclusivity."

"Financialization is a set of processes which has led to a financially-driven and commodified economy with rising inequality, tax avoidance, the lack of investment in the physical and social infrastructure. Given the influence of money politics, and the secular increase in the burden of debt,...