About 1/2 way through this. Seems to be a walkthrough of the factors influencing affluence.
Seems to be a long complaint about inequality. But inequality is built into Capitalism. As a member of the 9.9% I don't see that I benefited from any of the factors I've read thus far in this thing.
Some guy on the internet is fond of repeating a statistical factoid which suggests that if people want to avoid poverty (in the US) they need only do three things. Don't break the law, don't have kids till you get married, and finish school. Do those three things and you're most unlikely to be in poverty.
Now I agree that top 0.1% has greatly benefited over the past few decades, mostly due to bribing politicians in order to get the tax rules changed in their favour. Unfortunately, few politicians address this, including the likes of Trudeau and Morneau. Instead they aim their 'wealth tax' adjustments squarely at the 9.9% while studiously avoiding targeting the 0.1% group - of which they are a member. The easiest way to deal with the problem is to put a ceiling on tax discounts for investments. Right now you pay 15% on dividends, whether you make $1000 a year or $100 million a year from them. You also get a discount rate for capital gains. Again, without limit. They need to impose a ceiling of something on the order of $100k-$150k a year and say everything about that gets taxed at the normal rate.