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1 online resource (8 minutes) |
| Summary |
Deepening inequality is escalating a tribal conflict between the haves and the have-nots in America. But it's not playing out in the most obvious way: the beef of working-class, blue-collar Americans isn't with Manhattan-born billionaires and Instagram influencers-it's with garden variety professional elites. "If you look at the surveys, Pew Foundation studies, you find that most Americans, including working-class Americans, actually love capitalism," says Yale professor Amy Chua. "They don't want socialism. They still want a system where if you can work hard you can strike it rich, and they want it to be fine to be rich." It's that dream that sustains inequality from the bottom up. Amy Chua is the author of Political Tribes: Group Instinct and the Fate of Nations |
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Title from resource description page (viewed July 1, 2022) |
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In English |
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Equality -- United States
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Income distribution -- United States
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Fame -- Psychological aspects
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Wealth -- Religious aspects -- Christianity
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Capitalism -- United States -- History
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United States -- Economic conditions -- 2009-
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United States -- Ethnic relations -- 21st century
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Educational films.
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Short films.
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Streaming video
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| Author |
Chua, Amy, on-screen presenter
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Big Think, publisher
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