https://scholarlycommons.law.northwestern.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=7330&context=jclc

1. According to Kaaryn Gustafson in Criminal Law: The Criminalization of Poverty:
   1. What the some of the preliminary efforts used to criminalize welfare "fraud?"
   2. What are some of the tactics of surveillance used by government agencies?
   3. What was "Operation Talon" and was this an unethical practice?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6niWzomA_So

1. According to film, Park Avenue: Money, Power & the American Dream:
   1. What is the link between governmental policies and systemic inequality?
   2. What do the "two Park Avenues" tell us about the American Dream?
   3. What makes it difficulty to move up the social ladder?
   4. If, according to the film, policies are controlled by big companies, what does this say about the government?
2. The film shows that the rich pay fewer taxes than the poor. Why does the system allow this and how should taxes be used to address inequality?