The Anglo-American political/economic system is broken because the people that matter to the system are the wrong people. The people that matter in the system are the bankers, lawyers, accountants and lobbyists that perpetuate a system of inequality through tax avoidance, evasion and tax havens creating a modern day aristocracy of money and mediocrity rather that a compassionate meritocracy. The People that matter are actually the inventors, the innovators, the risk-takers, the teachers, the car