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.
What’s inequality like in the country you live? Can you think of some ways inequality might be reduced?
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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
