2025: DBQ Economic Inequality? Hook/ BGE

Income (a)   refers to the unequal distribution of income among individuals or groups within a society.

Currently in 2025 there are 3,028 billionaires in the world. In 2007, there were 946 billionaires worldwide. According to the BGE, how many billionaires were there worldwide in 2016? Enter a number...

(a)  

According to the BGE, wealth inequality is a serious problem in the United States.

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The wealthiest ​ (a)   percent in the United States owns more that ​ (b)   percent of the nations wealth.

• 1
• 40
• 2015
• 2011
• 2017
• 99
• 6
• 7
• 65

In the United States, the poorest ​ (a)   percent of the population owns less than ​ (b)   percent of the wealth.

• 40
• 1
• 2011
• 65
• 99
• 2016
• 946

Economist agree Free-market/ Capitalist societies will always have inequality. This is because not all people have access to factors of production and different jobs pay different annual earnings.

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Economist agree inequality is NOT always a bad thing. Inequalities provide incentives for people to work hard and take risks like starting new businesses.

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According to the BGE, the gap between the rich and the poor is...

• growing

• shrinking

• staying the same

According to the BGE, (a)   percent of Americans feel inequality is increasing and the widening gap is bad for Americans. Enter a number...

In this DBQ we will be exploring to 2 ways to "fix" the issue of economic inequality. Pick which one you believe will have a more positive impact.

• raise the minimum wage

• increase taxes on the wealthy