Overview
Review the following videos and articles:
How Wealth Inequality Spiraled Out of Control by Robert ReichLinks to an external site.
Wealth and Income inequality in AmericaLinks to an external site.
Changes in the American middle classLinks to an external site.
Wealth gaps within racial groupsLinks to an external site.
What's happened to income and wealth in America over the past 40 years?Links to an external site.
How the upper middle class keeps everyone else outLinks to an external site.
Write 3 paragraphs answering the following questions:
Describe the extent of income and wealth inequality in the USA today.
Why has wealth inequality increased in the USA in the last 40 years?
Is wealth inequality a social problem? Why?
After submitting your answers, please reply to at least three (3) of our classmates' posts, pointing out their good points as well as any limitation you see in their arguments.