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The US Economy in a Nutshell: A Few Winners, Everyone Else Loses Ground

Maybe this arrangement isn't as stable and sustainable as the winners imagine.

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Charles Hugh Smith
Jan 29, 2026
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Here’s the US economy in a nutshell: corporate/state concentrations of financial, market and political power are the winners, and everyone outside these fortresses is losing ground. The Wall Street Journal is generally viewed as pro-business, and so it’s particularly striking when the WSJ published this:

The Economic Divide Between Big and Small Companie…

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