A planned strategy..

Never confuse banks with borders....

Once the wealth was extracted post ww2 to the US, and people were 'rich', it then had to be redistributed - Japan in Asia, and Germany in Europe, predominantly.

For the communist (keynesian) strategy to ascend, no one can ever be allowed to get too rich - perpetual reduction and redistribution.

The we all get poor at the same rate...it's easier to bring on the one world government, and real totalitarianism.
(In my opinion)