The Heat: Income Inequality in the US | How extreme is it?

Income and wealth disparity in the US are at all time high levels with the rich getting richer while working and poor Americans are struggling to make ends meet. Elon Musk, the world's richest person, has also become the world's first trillionaire after his rocket company SpaceX began trading on the Nasdaq.

According to Forbes, the US has more billionaires than any other country with 989 as of March this year - that includes 15 of the world's 20 richest people. #Heat #USEconomy #inflation #consumerprices #SpaceX #ElonMusk #wealthgap #socialism #capitalism

Guests: Jacquie Luqman is a Coordinator with Black Alliance for Peace DC. Mary C. Curtis is a columnist for Roll Call and host of the 'Equal Time' podcast. Brian Becker is the Executive Director of the ANSWER Coalition. Joseph Williams is a former Senior Editor with US News & World Report.

0:00 US wealth inequality at an all-time high 1:15 How capitalism created extreme inequality 4:02 Bernie Sanders on oligarchs and the 1% at the DNC 7:47 Racial wealth gap and black women 10:01 Has the American dream become an illusion? 12:14 How inequality fueled Trump's MAGA movement 15:18 Collapse of labor unions and the rise of dark money 17:43 Billionaires buying elections and distorting democracy 19:15 Trump's tax cuts and the billionaire class 20:34 The rise of democratic socialists across the US 21:08 Zohran Mamdani on housing and affordability 21:33 Why the democratic socialist message is resonating 23:35 Iran war wiping out worker wage gains 25:06 How domestic class war and foreign wars are connected 26:41 Inequality as a defining issue in the midterm elections

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