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The Great Divide

During the recent period of high employment and low inflation, the economic fortunes of the U.S. could hardly have been better. But as the rich got richer, the gap between rich and poor grew all the larger. Today’s concerns over recession notwithstanding, has the gulf between the haves and the have-nots finally widened to the point of moral indefensibility? Have the nation’s obligations to citizens of lower socioeconomic levels been forgotten amid the excitement of getting and spending? This program examines the moral and ethical questions that accompany national prosperity. (29 minutes)

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Item#: BVL10692
Copyright date: ©2000
DVD ISBN 978-1-4213-6992-1

Part of the Series : After the Gold Rush: Lucrative Lessons


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