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As author Daniel Yergin points out in the film (Episode Three: Chapter 18: The Global Divide), no economic system can survive for long without the confidence of the people who participate in it. Confidence in an economic system is shared among those who reap a benefit from it. The more widely distributed the economic benefit, the greater the legitimacy of the system and the stronger it stands. The distribution of benefits thus has political as well as material ramifications. | As author Daniel Yergin points out in the film (Episode Three: Chapter 18: The Global Divide), no economic system can survive for long without the confidence of the people who participate in it. Confidence in an economic system is shared among those who reap a benefit from it. The more widely distributed the economic benefit, the greater the legitimacy of the system and the stronger it stands. The distribution of benefits thus has political as well as material ramifications. | ||
=====CBO Confirms With Trump-GOP 'Big, Ugly Law,' Working Families Lose 'And Billionaires Win'===== | =====CBO Confirms With Trump-GOP 'Big, Ugly Law,' Working Families Lose 'And Billionaires Win'===== | ||
[https://www.commondreams.org/news/ | [https://www.commondreams.org/news/cbo-big-beautiful-bill by Jessica Corbett 11/8/25 Common Dreams] | ||
"This isn't shared sacrifice—it's class warfare," said one policy expert. | "This isn't shared sacrifice—it's class warfare," said one policy expert. | ||
=====Why Robert Reich Cares so Passionately about Economic Inequality===== | =====Why Robert Reich Cares so Passionately about Economic Inequality===== | ||
[https://www.pbs.org/newshour/economy/why-robert-reich-cares-so-passionately-about-economic-inequality by Robert Reich 15/10/13 PBS NEWS] | [https://www.pbs.org/newshour/economy/why-robert-reich-cares-so-passionately-about-economic-inequality by Robert Reich 15/10/13 PBS NEWS] | ||
