Mark M OrtonMark M. Orton is a writer, researcher, and longtime observer of American political economy. His work explores the deep structural changes that have reshaped the U.S. economy since the mid-twentieth century, with a particular focus on inequality, finacialization, corporate power, and public policy. Drawing on years of study and analysis, he writes at SUBSTACK.com, where he examines how economic institutions and political decisions shape everyday life. THE HEIST is his major work on how corporate America and the wealthy engineered the upward redistribution of trillions of dollars-and what it means for the future of the American Dream. Read More Read Less