The Roosevelt Institute 15d ago

The incentives that created Wall Street’s worst excesses are spreading into everything else. Housing, healthcare, even wages and subscriptions are being shaped by trading logic, fees, and new layers of extraction that siphon value out of everyday life. Our Director of Corporate Power and Financial Regulation, Brad Lipton, explains the story of financialization. This video uses AI-generated animation. Please see our disclosure statement: https://rooseveltinstitute.org/statement-on-roosevelts-use-of-artificial-intelligence/ Follow Brad Lipton on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/bradlipton.bsky.social Follow Brad Lipton on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brad-lipton-176b55152/ Follow Brad Lipton on Twitter: https://x.com/BradleySLipton Follow us on Twitter: https://x.com/rooseveltinst Follow us on Facebook: / roosevelt.institute Follow us on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/roosevelt-institute Follow us on BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/rooseveltins... © Roosevelt Institute 2026