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Teaching
Tools
REPORTS AND BRIEFING PAPERS
Doubly
Divided: The Racial Wealth Gap
Throughout U.S. history, laws, policies, rules, and court decisions
have made it more difficult for nonwhites to build wealth. (United
for a Fair Economy - PDF)
Can
Separate Be Equal?
The Overlooked Flaw at the Center of No Child Left
Behind The effects of concentrated poverty in American schools.
(Century Foundation - PDF)
The Plastic
Safety Net: The Reality of Debt in America
Findings from a National Household Survey of Credit
Card Debt Among Low- and Middle-Income Households (Demos - PDF)
I
Didn't Do It Alone: Society's Contribution to Individual Wealth
and Success
Leading entrepreneurs challenge the myth of "self-made"
success and discuss the social and economic infrastructure of wealth
creation. By Chuck Collins, Mike Lapham and Scott Klinger. (United
for a Fair Economy - PDF)
Rags
to Riches: The American Dream is Less Common in the United States
than Elsewhere
How easy is it for the children of poor parents to become prosperous?
Recent research on economic mobility shows that there is much less
of it in the United States than most people assume. (Century Foundation
- PDF)
The
New American Economy: A Rising Tide that Lifts Only Yachts
Contrary to the conventional wisdom, the fruits of
economic growth are flowing to a small percentage of the population.
(Century Foundation - PDF)
What’s the Problem? Why Worry About
Rising Inequality in America?
Fact sheet based on "Inequality Matters."
VIDEO
Inequality Matters
(2004 conference)
Barbara Ehrenreich, Bill Moyers and Robert Franklin on the growing
concentration of wealth, income, and economic and political power
in America. Three memorable speeches from the groundbreaking conference
held in June 2004. (Demos - DVD. 100 mins.)
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