Noam Chomsky: Decades of the "Neoliberal Plague" Left U.S. Unprepared for COVID-19 Outbreak

As the U.S. coronavirus death toll tops 150,000, we spend the hour with world-renowned political dissident, linguist and author Noam Chomsky, who says decades of neoliberal policies that shredded the social safety net and public institutions left the country ill-prepared for a major health crisis. We should understand the roots of this pandemic," he says.