The Great Coronavirus Divide: Wall Street Profits Surge as Poverty Rises
“This has been a worrying week for most people whose livelihoods depend on the state of the U.S. economy. On Wednesday, the number of new coronavirus cases hit almost sixty thousand. The number of deaths, while much lower than at its peak, in April, is now rising in more than twenty states. Without an end in sight to the pandemic, the economic rebound that began in the late spring, after Congress passed the $2.2 trillion cares Act and some of the initial lockdowns were eased, is showing signs of faltering.”