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TED-Ed

Is inequality inevitable?

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Income and wealth inequality are not new. In fact, economists and historians who have charted economic inequality throughout history haven’t found a single society without it. Which raises a bleak question: is inequality … inevitable? Explore how economic inequality can be measured and how it is impacted by different governmental policy choices.

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Meet The Creators

Director
Natália Azevedo Andrade, AIM Creative Studios
Script Writer
George Zaidan
Animator
Natália Azevedo Andrade, Gábor Mariai, Zoltán Koska
Storyboard Artist
Natália Azevedo Andrade
Illustrator
Gábor Mariai
Music
André Aires
Sound Designer
André Aires
AIM Creative Studios Producer
Tiago Ribeiro, Marta dos Santos
Director of Production
Gerta Xhelo
Producer
Alexandra Zubak
Associate Producer
Sazia Afrin
Editorial Director
Alex Rosenthal
Editorial Producer
George Zaidan
Expert Consultant
Branko Milanović
Special Thanks
Anna Bruce-Lockhart

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