Economic Update with Richard D. Wolff

Today's Pandemic as a Crisis of Capitalism

07.23.2020 - By Democracy at Work - Richard D. WolffPlay

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Updates on company cutting candy bar size but keeping the same price, Barcelona punishes landlords with empty apartments, Macy's closing stores while giving $millions bonuses to top executives, IMF anti-Covid-19 funds used instead to pay off private loans, health insurer profits because people cannot afford and fear doctor and hospital visits, Amazon profits from pandemic. Interview: epidemiologist Rob Wallace on capitalist agriculture and viral pandemics.

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