May 11-15

Income Inequality

  • U.S. Earners
    • Top 50% get $33,000
    • Top 25% get $67,000
    • Top 10% get $113,800
    • Top 5% get $159,600
    • Top 1% get $380,000

Gini Index

  • Shows the distribution of money
  • 0 is best rating 100 is worst
  • U.S. is a 45
  • Best country is Sweden with a 23
  • Worst is Lesotho with a 63.2

Lake Providence

  • Most unequal place on Earth
  • Rich and poor separated by a lake

The March on Washington

  • Was for other civil rights
  • For whites and blacks
  • Poverty effects everything

7 ways to lessen gap

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