Week 7 homework ->

Research: Wealth and Income Inequality

Start by watching this video. It's about 6 minutes long. You MUST start here.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QPKKQnijnsM

The newspaper The Washington Post covers the same information in an article.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2013/03/06/

Stanford University has a center that researches this issue.
https://inequality.stanford.edu/publications/20-facts-about-us-inequality-everyone-should-know

This website is a good place to begin learning about the issue.
https://inequality.org/facts/income-inequality/

One solution is a universal basic income. Learn about that here.
https://basicincome.org/

You will need to know what the GIni coefficient is. If this article is hard, check the other languages (to the left).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gini_coefficient

Look up this article on Ebscohost:
“The Case for $15: What Research on the Minimum Wage Does--and Does Not--Tell Us.” 2017. Dollars & Sense, no. 332

This is a 3-minute video that covers Piketty and his findings.
https://www.khanacademy.org/economics-finance-domain/

Here is a rich person's insight into income inequality.
https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2014/06/the-pitchforks-are-coming-for-us-plutocrats-108014