Rather than presenting the stock market and capitalism as an altogether bad thing, we are offered an alternative explanation to what is holding us (the people) back from the mostly upward trends we see reflected in market indexes.
After we are explained that income levels just ain't corresponding to capital gains like they used to, the show offers sound reasoning why the private sector has not the creative freedom to actually and meaningfully respond to societal and consumer demand- large hedge funds who demand instant bumps in short term gains.
While these large funds no doubt hedge against the fluctuations of spot prices in what would-be a volatile market, we are crippled to advance beyond our current disparities and environmental challenges. Within capitalism, the private sector is theoretically designated to develop and address the progression of society and when short term profit is valued over long-term advancement, there are some very tough questions to ask about the role that speculators might play.