The capitalist class drank their own neoliberal Kool Aid, and now the country is deindustrialized and debt-ridden due to the financialization of everything.

Michael Hudson: Killing the Host: How Financial Parasites and Debt Destroy the Global Economy (PDF)

CounterPunch book review: How Wall Street Parasites Have Devoured Their Hosts, Your Retirement Plan and the U.S. Economy