Trenwick Group, Ltd.(fka TWKGQ)

[temp luvs amy]

Not completely about the little guy, but the invention of the "joint stock" corporation was about making a bunch of smaller guys able to compete with the bigger guys and with aristocracy and government. Maybe not exactly the little guy, but the basic plan was to combine small things to make large efforts. It was an effort to empower the middle class.

Now we simply have the aristocracy in control of the joint stock corporations. A return to the roots is probably necessary. That might take some innovation and thought. It certainly won't be fixed by a bunch of nitwits carrying signs and beating on drums.

OTOH, without the drums and signs, the average moron might not notice that the aristocracy had taken over Wall Street and had proceeded to fleece the middle class.