1. How does the United States of the Virgin Islands come to other United States jurisdictions and the worst countries in the world? If the USVI were an independent country, would it rank in the top 10 or top 15 countries with the worst distribution? 2. What are the social, political, and economic implications of having high-income inequality? 3. Do you think that policymakers in the United States of Virgin Islands are consciously and deliberating trying to implement any of the policies stated in the Ted Talk to reduce income inequality