Ever wonder how billionaires got so much richer during the pandemic while you and people you know struggled? Well, chalk it up to the stock market. Just 10% of Americans own 90% of stocks – so it's easy to see why the vast majority of people don't benefit from the market's gains when it performs well.
So how exactly does the stock market work, who controls it and who wins out?
00:01 Intro
00:52 How Does the Stock Market Work?
3:15 Who Controls the Stock Market?
4:28 How Shareholders Take Money From Workers
6:21 Are Stock Buybacks Market Manipulation?
7:25 What If Profits Went To Workers?
8:28 How the Stock Market Flourished After Economic Crises
9:16 Who Pays More Taxes?
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