Ramaswami: On the other hand, we have a situation where Amazon is seeing enormous increase in its profits. Amazon’s shares hit a record $2,295. One month ago they were being traded at $1,689. Amazon has been earning almost $11,000 a second, during the period of this lockdown. It is not just Amazon, Netflix, the entertainment service has seen its shares rise by 40 per cent, while the shares of Walmart have risen by 23 per cent.