So really, when we talk about compensation for risk, it is not that all people in our economy are compensated for risk, just that a certain narrow class is compensated for risk of capital, but not necessarily risk of life.
Ocasio-Cortez highlights inequality in compensation for risk between capital and frontline workers.
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