Covid-19 crisis - working people suffer and billionaires flourish.

The wealth of the world billionaires has increased by 27.5% within 3 months and that too, during the height of the Covid-19 crisis, from April to July 2020. As per the report of The Guardian, the wealth of the billionaires reached a new high of $10.2 trillion within these three months period. It was during this period that millions of people around the world, lost their jobs and were pushed to extreme poverty. We have to understand that these are the results of policies being pursued by the capitalist’s governments, including India.

[Courtesy: The Guardian, dated 07.10.2020]