Alan S. Davis
Los Angeles Times
For most Americans, 2020 has been one long, terrifying nightmare â with a raging pandemic that s claimed more than 330,000 lives, a devastating economic crisis and a national reckoning on racial injustice. But it certainly hasn t been equally disastrous for everyone.
If you thought the wealth gap between Ebenezer Scrooge and Bob Cratchit was vast in A Christmas Carol, the difference between the haves and have-nots in 2020 would be enough to make Charles Dickens head spin.
What would Dickens write about today s America, where the total wealth gains of America s 650 billionaires have surpassed $1 trillion since March? Where Jeff Bezos has seen his fortune increase by $72 billion during the pandemic, while Amazon faces intense criticism for failing to keep its workers safe even as thousands of them fall ill? Where billionaires have reportedly given less than a 10th of 1% of their wealth to COVID-19 pandemic relief?
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