The winners of 2020 - Richard Wolff [Global Capitalism]

This is a clip from the March 2021 Global Capitalism lecture by Richard D. Wolff in which he discusses the winners of 2020, who accumulated astounding levels of wealth while millions of Americans suffered through economic hardship due to the Covid-19 pandemic and economic crash. “We may “all be in this together” but they didn’t hear about that memo, did they? The billionaires got richer to the tune of almost $1 trillion dollars while 20 million people are on unemployment insurance, using up their savings, leaning on their family and friends for the loans to keep them going saying goodbye to the American dream.“ - Richard Wolff This lecture was titled “March 2020-March 2021: Covid and the Crash“ and featured an analysis of the last year of pandemic and economic crisis. Professor Wolff also gave short updates on: who lost what; who gained what; where is the US economy headed now; and lastly, political fallout: revisiting the January 6 DC assault.