I seem to recall stats to the effect that the largest N corporations employ a steadily-increasing portion of the population and the economy, which would support this analysis. Unfortunately, I can’t find a data set online that shows this, though I did come up with https://www.bls.gov/web/cewbd/table_g.txt, which has some interesting data in it. (For example, I didn’t realize that the number of public sector firms was actually that small.)
Ahhh yes, this would negate most of my confusion.
The tiny mom-and-pop store is now much rarer than it used to be.
Ahhh yes, this would negate most of my confusion.
Yep, a very good point.