This are just manifestations of a neoliberal system3 premised on a low-wage high-debt model.
This subject can be entered from different directions, including from the Marxist point of view, something that for sure you will not find in ZeroHedge.
Just start by searching the web for "accumulation through dispossession" and move from there by searching for "Neoliberalism and debt".
Before ending search for 'From Neoliberalism to Plutocracy' and after that for "authoritarian neoliberalism"
