Income Inequality in the U.S.: Why You’re Struggling.
Unf*cking The Republic
UNFTR Media
4.9 • 683 Ratings
🗓️ 24 July 2025
⏱️ 22 minutes
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Summary
Income inequality is often spoken about but still widely misunderstood. There’s a reason why the vast majority of Americans are barely getting by while the top income earners continue to pull ahead. We’re entering a new phase of capitalism, however, and it stands to affect even some of those who were previously untouched by economic downturns. There is trouble brewing that threatens the preeminence of the U.S. Dollar as the cheap and easy money era comes to a grinding halt. Few of the old tools in the Fed and Treasury toolkit will be as effective as they once were, and the Trump administration seems determined to build a private shadow central banking system that will make matters worse for everyone but the uber-wealthy.
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| 0:00.0 | Topical cream |
| 0:02.4 | A pod listener's dream |
| 0:06.0 | Unfucking the news |
| 0:08.6 | And current events |
| 0:11.2 | Topical cream |
| 0:13.3 | Yeah you know what I mean |
| 0:16.7 | A quarter of an hour |
| 0:19.5 | It gets you our two cents topical cream. |
| 0:30.1 | So I am a little terrified. |
| 0:34.4 | You know, over the years I've given you a lot of charts and graphs and economic analyses, |
| 0:38.7 | and I've done my best to put everything in historical context. And right now I'm working on two |
| 0:44.1 | pretty significant economic pieces that have my head spinning. And I've been reflecting on both |
| 0:50.1 | economic cycles and history as a result. Now, one is a complete breakdown of Trump's budget |
| 0:55.8 | and what it will mean for the average U.S. citizen, as I've told you that I've been working on. |
| 0:59.8 | And the other is related to the future of currency, interest rates, inflation, and the global |
| 1:05.7 | monetary order. Now, before we get into those and kind of what has me spooked, I want to get small today and put something in everyday terms that will kind of serve as a foundation for these broader episodes. |
| 1:18.2 | And here's the upshot. We've finally entered the inequality matrix where everything flips on its head. |
| 1:24.9 | So if you feel like you've done everything in your power to get ahead, but you're treading |
| 1:30.0 | water or under it, you're not alone. |
| 1:33.4 | In fact, you're in good company with about 90% of America. |
| 1:38.0 | But why? |
| 1:39.0 | We know at this point that inequality is a thing. |
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