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Makers and Takers

By Rana Foroohar

This episode reveals how the financial sector quietly shifted from serving the real economy to dominating it, reshaping our lives and future in profound ways.

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“This episode reveals how the financial sector quietly shifted from serving the real economy to dominating it, reshaping our lives and future in profound ways.”

— Rana Foroohar, Makers and Takers

What it is about

Financialization, Economic Systems, Value Creation

Who it is for

If you've ever sensed that the economy rewards financial maneuvering more than real work, this will clarify how that shift happened and what it truly costs, and this will help you see what to do next.

The author

Rana Foroohar, a seasoned global economic analyst and financial journalist, brings decades of reporting from the front lines of finance and industry, offering a rare, clear-eyed view of how our economic priorities have quietly inverted.

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Rana Foroohar

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