Un article en anglais qui décrit les conséquences de la crise sanitaire sur les inégalités de richesse aux États-Unis. Inquiétant pour le futur proche, surtout au niveau de la paix sociale !
(À dérouler pour lire quelques extraits)
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counterpunch.org/2020/09/03/in-…
“Black men and women have recovered about 20 percent of the jobs they lost in the pandemic while white men and women have recovered 40 and 45 percent of their lost jobs, respectively."
"Car company Tesla forced all workers to take a 10 percent pay cut from mid-April until July. In the same period, Tesla stock skyrocketed, and CEO Elon Musk’s net worth has now quadrupled from $25 billion to over $100 billion."
"Business software company Salesforce announced record sales levels one day and layoffs of 1,000 workers the next. The company’s stock rose 26 percent."
"Between February and May 2020, 11 million jobs held by women have disappeared (...) The losses in the workplace that women are facing today will be felt for decades."
"At the same time, food prices are rising at the fastest rate in nearly 50 years, making meat and eggs unaffordable for many.The price of beef alone is up 25 percent this year."
"The Kaiser Family Foundation estimates that 27 million people in the U.S. have lost their health insurance during the pandemic."
"Meanwhile 100,000 small businesses closed permanently by mid-May and estimates are that hundreds of thousands more will not survive the pandemic and the burgeoning economic depression, putting additional millions of workers out of work."
Les chiffres évoqués dans cet article donnent le tournis. Sans instaurer plus de justice sociale, les États-Unis vont sombrer dans la violence. Il est difficile de maintenir la paix sociale quand la misère touche de plus en plus de gens ordinaires, alors que d'autres se gavent.
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