Right now, only 15% of the money that flows out of financial institutions is being invested in businesses. The other 85%? It stays in a closed loop that contributes to the “financialization” of our economy. That’s the argument put forth by Rana Foroohar, in her book, Makers and Takers: The Rise of Finance and the Fall of American Business. In this conversation, Foroohar lays out not only the core argument of her book, but also ties today’s extraordinary social shifts to a long term trend of financialization in our economy.

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