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Jon Stewart: “Obviously capital has been overvalued and labor has been…”

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Mayor Zohran Mamdani on Socialism, Politics & NYC | The Weekly Show with Jon Stewart

Published | Video Starts at 57:58

What I don't understand about it is it's already the dynamic we have in this country now in the last 50 years. Obviously capital has been overvalued and labor has been undervalued [in the last 50 years]. And that's kind of through policy. That's how this inequality I think has been allowed to grow. You don't tax capital the same way you tax labor. (57:58–58:03)

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