Talarico on the Middle Class’s 50-Year Decline

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What does Talarico identify as the main cause? James Talarico attributes the middle-class decline mainly to a 50-year trend toward the consolidation of wealth and power. At 57:54.762, he refers to “the last 50 years of this trend toward consolidation of wealth and power.” [Evidence 0] How does he characterize trickle-down economics?

Talarico traces the trend to trickle-down economics beginning in the late 1970s and early 1980s, describing it as cutting taxes for people “at the very top” while forgetting the rest. At 19:27.733, he adds, “in my view, is not a theory, it’s theft.” [Evidence 1; Evidence 2] The supplied excerpts support his explanation but do not establish a separate main cause beyond the concentration of wealth and power and his characterization of trickle-down economics.