March 30, 2020 | Commentary
  • Type of publication: Commentary
  • Research or In The Media: Commentary
  • Research Area: Finance, Jobs & Macroeconomics
  • Publication Date: 2020-03-30
  • Authors:
    • Add Authors: Lenore Palladino
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  • Publisher: The Boston Review

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In an article for Boston Review, PERI's Lenore Palladino discusses how corporate greed created an "an economy extremely vulnerable to crisis." She argues that wealthy shareholders extracted trillions of dollars for personal gain instead of raising wages or paying sick leave.

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