Zombie economics is easy to understand.  Someone profits from this.

The American Dream isn't dead.  It's very much in practice today.  But what used to be implied by the American Dream- that anyone can achieve it- has been stripped down to something simpler.

We all know that not "everyone" can achieve it.  Only the select few who are smart enough, resourceful enough, tough enough to deserve it.  And these select few have no obligation whatsoever to anyone else.

But the myth is kept alive, because, well, if yins stopped working so hard, the select few would have a bit more trouble staying on top.