What did Aristotle mean by the term “Oligarchy?” And how has that  term been used in the post -communist era in Eastern Europe? Why do you think that term become popular in the American media to describe the “shadow elite” that links government policy outcomes to the demands of the private sector. Does Jared Kushner or Donald Trump Jr. have the profile of a modern “Oligarch?”  What about President Trump’s Cabinet choices for Commerce, Treasury, Education and Health and Human Services? And what does Michael Tabbi have to say about the degree of criminal responsibility of the Big Banks and financial elites and our seeming inability to bring any of them to justice?