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GSS1078

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ECONOMIC INEQUALITY

First Year StudiesSocial and Behavioral Sciences
Course DetailsPrerequisites/CorequisitesCourse Learning Outcomes

Subject Code

GSS

Course Number

1078

Department(s)

First Year Studies

Course Description

This course will explore the rise in income inequality between the 1% and the rest of the US population in recent decades. We will discuss the ways that this trend has affected the middle class and the poor, and whether concentration of wealth is economically unstable and/or undermines democratic political processes.

Course Attributes

First Year Seminars

Units

4

Restrictions

Must be enrolled in one of the following Classes: First-Year (FR)