Please follow the instructions given in the documents. Please do not use outside sources.
Read Part II: The Great Takeoff in Income and Wealth Inequality
The text has seven scholarship articles related to race and wealth inequality. Write a 200–300-
word paper based on Section 6: Emmanuel Saez, Striking It Richer: The Evolution of Top Income
in the United States; Section 7: Thomas Piketty, Capital in the 21st Century, and Section 9:
Robert Frank, Why is Income Inequality Growing?
This paper will be due Feb 09. Do not use any other outside source; use your textbook only.
Please use your text only. This is worth 100 points.
Base your writings on the following questions:
? What are the causes of growing inequality in the United States?
? In your opinion, which causes (or causes) were most consequential in the rapid growth of
inequality over the past forty years?