The financial sector represents only 7% of the U.S. economy but takes around 25% of all corporate profit while creating only 4% of all jobs.

On Reality Asserts Itself, Ms. Foroohar says financialization delivers stagnant wages, inequality and economic crisis; the Financial Times columnist and author of “Makers and Takers” says the financial sector represents only 7 percent of the U.S. economy, but takes around 25 percent of all corporate profit while creating only 4 percent of all jobs – with host Paul Jay

https://therealnews.com/stories/rise-finance-fall-american-business

The financial sector represents only 7% of the U.S. economy but takes around 25% of all corporate profit while creating only 4% of all jobs. https://t.co/zW3zyWa4Lj

— Jesse Felder (@jessefelder) May 12, 2018