Income Inequality

Imagine you are a guest speaker for an 8th grade classroom in Philadelphia where the neighborhood poverty rate is 24%. You were asked to talk about income inequality.

How you would describe inequality in the US to the students? Respond as if you're talking to the students.

Identify which factor, you believe, to be the most significant in contributing to the of income equality since 1976. How you would explain this to the students? Keep in mind their age and respond as if you're talking to the students.

Decide if a market or policy change could be made to correct it. How would you explain this to the students. Again, respond as if you're talking to the students.