Now let me see.. hmm...
I agree with your point here molgrips, but is there not perhaps a way to foster sustainable home-ownership and not vilify individuals for wanting to work hard and provide for their own future. My perception (based on nothing like a profound understanding of economics) is that our society (UK, Europe, Western World) has crossed the Rubicon in that respect and created an economic climate which rewards the greediest and most rapacious with incomprehensible wealth. The Masters of the Universe are not necessarily the heads of the big banks who are awarding themselves 100% pay rises because they feel it would be impolitic to take bonuses, but the stratospherically wealthy hedge-fund managers who make a killing from speculation on the rise and fall of entire states (eg - the Greek bail-out).
There will be things in the video which we may find unpalatable, but the central message for me is the way the pendulum has swung from labour power to finance capital power since the 1970s. In principle, there must be some kind of middle ground where economies can grow in a realistic way rather than one growing at the expense of another, or, in extreme cases, whole financial systems being brought to their knees by a handful of individuals. This is just wrong.
I don't have any answers because I don't have much knowledge of economics, but I'm **** mad about it and I want to do something. Even if that is just trying to get people to think about what has gone wrong and to look into alternatives so that we drag ourselves out of this abyss of ignorance.
Robin-Hood Tax?
Re-separate investment and retail banking?
I don't know... Intelligent debate is good though.