Wealth Differences

Inequality is the defintion of rich and poor.

 These 3 videos show inequality in America and in Canada. It also shows the wealth gap between rich people and poor people.
  In the first video it shows America's wealth gap. In the first video it shows that the middle class are getting poorer that getting richer.

  In the second video its the trailer for the documentary Inequality for all. The film examines the wealth in gap in the United States. The film is presented by american economist, author and professor Robert Reich.


  In the third video it is about two schools in Calgary in two different neighbor hoods.One neighbor hood Aspen Woods, the average price of the houses in Aspen Woods is 1.2 million dollars.The most expensive house in Calgary is worth 12 million dollars.The most expensive school in Aspen Woods, is Webber Academy a private boarding school. In Webber academy you have to give a tution to enroll in the school the enrollment fees are:
Elementary: $16,300
Secondary:  $18,000

The second neighbor is the poorest one in Calgary.If you saw in the video where he was driving in the neighbor hood, you could see that in every street there where cash store, And it was like that because the people in that neighborhood need money. In there Household Income it is $40,000, yet the Aspen woods household income is 200,000. Patrick Airlie School is in the poorest neighborhood in Calgary. Jean Johnson, is the principle, of Patrick Airlie School. In the video it shows that they don't get some of the cool things that the Webber Academy receive. It also shows that the Webber Academy has a theater, but the Patrick Airlie School doesn't even have an art room. They share there cafeteria with there gym.


Some of the information from this blog was provided by Anji Yakusheva  (her name is a link to her blog).