Rethinking Capitalism: How the 2010s ruined the American Dream — and what should be done in the 2020s to bring it back

Photo caption: The 2011 Occupy protests remained fringe, but their ideas about reforming capitalism ended up going mainstream. Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images

This article is part of BI’s project “The 2010s: Toward a Better Capitalism.” Over the past two months, we have explored the ways reforming capitalism became the defining debate in America for the past decade. It has set the stage for the policies we’ll see in the 2020s.

In the series, we explore the relationship between taxes and inequality, the renewed antitrust movement, turning talk around sustainability into action, labor rights, and what investments will best help the economy. Regardless of our sources’ politics or goals, all of them agreed that the US is at a turning point in its history, where it will set the stage for what it wants to look like for years to come. The Better Capitalism series tracks the ways companies and individuals are rethinking the economy and role of business in society. […]

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