One of America's greatest problems summarized in a chart

[Amishman]

7. It was more the shift in corporate philosophy

Product quality, customer satisfaction, and employee wellbeing all became distant concerns behind maximizing profit. It became the norm that the former considerations only received attention when the latter was negatively impacted.

My suggested fixes:

Mandatory profit sharing with all employees.

Requiring companies that pay dividends, pay executive bonuses or stock options, or perform stock buybacks spend a matching sum on bonuses to non-exclusive employees. Perhaps double for stock buybacks. My current employer is stiffing employees with 3-4% raises while doing stock buybacks that work out to $25k per employee.

Tax the use of contractors.