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How workers got left behind in the pandemic while shareholder wealth soared

How workers got left behind in the pandemic while shareholder wealth soared

FromDollar & Sense: The Brookings Trade Podcast


How workers got left behind in the pandemic while shareholder wealth soared

FromDollar & Sense: The Brookings Trade Podcast

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Length:
31 minutes
Released:
May 16, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Molly Kinder, a fellow in Brookings Metro, discusses with host David Dollar her new report, “Profits and the pandemic” (co-authored with Katie Bach and Laura Stateler), which examines pay practices and financial outcomes during the pandemic-era of 22 of the nation’s largest companies. Kinder notes that most of the large companies enjoyed record financial gains during the pandemic, and that while a few did provide workers with pay raises that exceed a living wage, most did not, and the modest wage gains workers did receive have been wiped out by inflation. Show notes and transcript: https://brook.gs/39SgeJ3  Dollar & Sense is part of the Brookings Podcast Network. Send feedback to podcasts@brookings.edu, and follow us on Twitter at @policypodcasts.
Released:
May 16, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (100)

Dollar and Sense is a podcast about all things trade. From local ports and markets to international trade and diplomacy, Brookings Institution Senior Fellow David Dollar and guests explain how our global trading system is built and its effect on our everyday lives.