The article discusses the increasing cost of living in the United States, where everything is more expensive, as well as the cost of housing, healthcare, and transportation. The article suggests that the top one percent now controls a larger percentage of global wealth than at any time in history, with 2781 billionaires globally, the largest concentration in the world. This wealth gap has been steadily growing for decades, with productivity increasing, wages stagnant, and the number of individuals controlling around 14 trillion dollars in global wealth. The author suggests that decades of lobbying, deregulation, and tax reform ensure that generational wealth remains hereditary.