Plutonomy

Včeraj je padla partijska direktiva in ni preostalo nič drugega, kot da si končno ogledam Moorov “Capitalism: A Love Story”. Daljša analiza sledi mogoče kdaj drugič, tokrat le o internem (no, ne več) dokumentu, ki ga je leta 2006 pripravil Citigroupov globalni strateg Ajay Kapur in ki ga Moore omenja nekje na sredini filma. Saj veste, če iščete marksistično perspektivo, marš v Citigroup. V dokumentu je Kapur uvedel termin “plutonomy”.

In a “plutonomy”, according to Citigroup global strategist Ajay Kapur, economic growth is powered by and largely consumed by the wealthy few.
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According to new Internal Revenue Service data announced last week, income inequality in the U.S. is at its worst since the 1920s (before the Great Depression). The top percentile of wealthy Americans earned 21.2% of all income in 2005, up from 19% in 2004, while the bottom 50% of wage earners earned 12.8% that year, down from 13.4% a year earlier.

Tri osnovne značilnosti:

1. They are all created by “disruptive technology-driven productivity gains, creative financial innovation, capitalist friendly cooperative governments, immigrants…the rule of law and patenting inventions. Often these wealth waves involve great complexity exploited best by the rich and educated of the time.”

2. There is no “average” consumer in Plutonomies. There is only the rich “and everyone else.” The rich account for a disproportionate chunk of the economy, while the non-rich account for “surprisingly small bites of the national pie.” Kapur estimates that in 2005, the richest 20% may have been responsible for 60% of total spending.

3. Plutonomies are likely to grow in the future, fed by capitalist-friendly governments, more technology-driven productivity and globalization.

Več o tem tukaj: Citigroup 2006: America – A Modern Day Plutonomy

Namesto zaključka:

Of course, Kapur says there are risks to the Plutonomy, including war, inflation, financial crises, the end of the technological revolution and populist political pressure.

No, “financial crises”, vojne (vsaj na svetovni periferiji) in populistične pritiske (neoliberalizem ostaja dominantna ideologija) lahko danes že črtamo kot dejavnike tveganja, kajne ;)