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Billionaire Wealth Breaks All Records in Crisis
Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley and Glen Ford
02 Feb 2021
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Margaret Kimberley · Billionaire Wealth Breaks All Records in Crisis

The US billionaire class has grown at unprecedented speed during the pandemic and economic crises, increasing their wealth by over a trillion dollars and adding 46 new oligarchs to their numbers, according to a report by the Institute for Policy Studies. Never has the world seen wealth accumulation at such a scale, said Omar Ocampo, a researcher for the study. “We need to create an economic system that does not allow for wealth tobe extremely concentrated,” said Ocampo. “ This could be done by “growing the labor movement” and instituting “workplace democracy and worker ownership.”

 

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