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Class and COVID: How the less affluent face double risks

27 Mar 2020

The COVID-19 pandemic has shone a harsh light on inequality. People living paycheck to paycheck in service sector jobs are in a very different position to those working in salaried jobs they can do from home. Stark gaps in wealth, health and work have gone from being chronic problems to acute ones. Other inequalities have become even more consequential in a time of social distancing - such as access to a fast internet connection.
coronavirus (covid-19) coronavirus (covid-19) economics income inequality & social mobility

Authors

Richard V. Reeves, Jonathan Rothwell

Published in
United States of America