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    In the 21st century, the American media has portrayed the wealth inequality in the United States in a very black and white way. Poverty has become an ongoing problem and has accelerated the appalling wealth divide. In 2010, the poverty rate in the U.S. reached fifteen percent which was the highest it had reached in almost two decades. Obligations to providing equality and adequate living conditions have been removed; there is no more “moral code or ethical principle” that can be used to contradict

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    how women are treated unequally and held to a different standard than men. Because Tess is unable to find justice and fairness within her society, Hardy is trying to tell the readers to change the gender injustices and acknowledge the economic inequalities that society has created. NEW Topic Sentence: Through Alec, Hardy exposes the economic injustice of how the wealthy are able to use their money to get away with mistakes they have previously committed. Evidence 1: After Tess and Car’s argument

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    are millions of people underneath the poverty level. The differences in wages being described is solely targeting skill level and is not referring to any other factors like gender, race, social class, and etc. Society has been dealing with income inequality for thousands of years. Although, it is unfair for people to be paid unequally, but it is also the only way for the economy to run smoothly. It would be impossible for the United States to pay everyone equally because of time spent, work incentives

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    of the income inequality I assure to all those looking for the dream, inequality has always been there and we should not allow anything to stop us from achieving what we want. Like many working Americans, I never took the time to think about how income inequality affected us and how immense it has become. The problem with income inequality is its rapid increase, and the lack of effort to close that gap between the rich and the poor. According to Robert Franks in “Income Inequality: Too Big to Ignore”

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    Inequality in America Income inequality has deeply affected the economy and our society for decades. The socioeconomic inequality gap in the United States has been getting higher and higher since the late 1970s, creating more unequal opportunities for millions of people in the lower and middle class. It seems as though the lower classes families are getting crushed, while the top 1% are on top of the system. The system makes it hard for those from poor income families to succeed. In the article

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    policy approaches to addressing domestic inequality. Compare and contrast two different countries and evaluate the effectiveness of their key policy measures in addressing inequality. It is a commonly accepted that inequality is increasing throughout the globe, with startling statistics such as the recent Oxfam report indicating that the richest 85 people in the world own more wealth than the poorest 3.5 billion people(Oxfam Australia Media, 2014). Inequality is thought of as disparities or gaps, such

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    LITERATURE REVIEW The impact of Income Inequality on Economic Growth: A Case study on Nigeria Student Number: P14173106 Supervisor: Helen Solomon Module Leader: Helen Solomon Date: 26th November 2016 Word Count: 1.0 Introduction According to Adam Smith (1776) in his book the wealth of nations, “no society can surely be flourishing and happy, of which the far greater part of the members are poor and miserable”. Economic growth and income inequality are central inter related facets that

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    Introduction: Income and assets inequality is a significate issue in economy. Throughout human history capital and assets will likely continue to accumulate and become more concentrated, as a result that an greater level of inequality might be witness. Piketty ( 2014 ) found that the rate of GDP growth is lower than return on capital. This Piketty 's famous r>g inequality shows that assets tend to accumulate faster than the rate of economic growth in capitalist societies which means capital distribution

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    "With more attention being paid to economic inequality in the United States, it’s also worth looking at how the nation compares globally", says Drew Desilver. People tend to want to be wealthy like the upper class because we fear poverty, when in reality it is one of the highest global risk concerns. Reasons are led to believe because of technology, changes in organizations and jobs, and the differences in education. Poverty is the state of being inferior in quality or insufficient in amount.

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    “The rich get richer, and the poor get poorer” is an aphorism elicited from the topic of economic inequality. Over the past decades, economic inequality has been rising and at an increasing rate, expanding the gap between the rich and the poor. The direct relationship between inequality and poverty has shown that while inequality increases, so too does poverty. Increased inequality is harmful for economic growth and its effects also bear social implications. Although there are arguments on the

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