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
