That's a much better term, and I agree, with one caveat - more and more the owning class don't invest in production (the 'real economy') but in financial instru

That's a much better term, and I agree, with one caveat - more and more the owning class don't invest in production (the 'real economy') but in financial instruments that really at the heart make money by extracting value from the productive sectors. Michael Hudson has some interesting writing on the subject, such as this journal article, 'Finance is not the Economy' - http://michael-hudson.com/2016/08/finance-is-not-the-economy/ http://michael-hudson.com/2016/08/finance-is-not-the-economy...