Mapping poverty in America | The Economist

 

 

America is the richest country in the world, but it also has one of the biggest divides between rich and poor. What can a zip code reveal about inequality?.


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Vocabulary:
1. Poverty - the state or condition of having little or no money, goods, or means of support; condition of being poor
2. Coastal - of, relating to, bordering on, or located near a coast
3. Racial - of or relating to the social construct of race

 

Questions:
1. Talk about the cause of the growing gap between the rich and the poor.
2. How come poverty in America is not only geographical, but also racial?
3. What has led to the poverty decline in the majority of states in 2017? .
4. Is Korea also experiencing a wealth divide?
5. Share your knowledge about poverty in Korea.