We don't know how to govern us properly.
The economy is mess because of unequal wealth sharing and a lot greedy small business owners who take workers but they are not so wealthy as bigger companies so they try to pay low wages to workers to make themselfes rich.
So small business owners are biggest threat to society
I'm not sure of your society, in my street, kiosks, shops, and small business owners save lives. They offer loans, people buy on credit, employment, and charity. I understand that most of them do not sell at company prices. However, the actions and minor help they render to people qualify them as problem solvers. The greedy owners are not too many, except those who do not care to grow.
The reason why the American economy is sound is because of private businesses. Without these small businesses, the economy will be in trouble because of unemployment. These businesses also contribute to the revenue of the government through taxes. A country where the government controls all the factors of production will end up becoming backward as we see in North Korea.
Landlords of property don't charge much money to be fair if we keep in mind how much it costs to buy a land, build an apartment, pay to skilled labour, etc, etc... It's just terrible that real estate is a commercial business and governments don't give apartments to people who work continuously for years. In my country, years ago, when there was a communist party ruling, if you were working 5 straight years in a company, the company would buy you an apartment enough for the family of four to live. That's why there isn't housing problem in my country for local people.
In my country house rent is very expensive. The population of our country is increasing which has led to overpopulation in most cities. Landlords will usually increase rents because there are people who are willing to pay more. Before now, the government used to give workers mortgaged houses for them to pay up in a few years. However, the popularity of capitalism has made the government privatise all public corporations. Now workers would have to save to build houses.