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Originally Posted by JPhillips
And too much wealth concentrated in too few hands hurts the economy. Almost all of that 144 billion is sitting largely unproductive. We want money moving through the system, not sitting in unproductive investments. Over time the concentration of wealth has a negative effect on the whole economy.
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Define unproductive, if that money is in stock, that means the company it is invested in is using it for their operations.
That said, one of my issues with the state of the economy is the importance of Wall St. Many companies strip R&D to increase profitability and short term profits at the expense of future profits.