Economic Inequalities In America

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The topic interests me because it talks about a real situation that has increased overtime in the United States. It shows the wealth classes in the American society, and it is related to the Business Administration field because this inequality comes from the huge business activities that big companies conduct for their profit. Between 1947 and the late of 1970s, the United States of America was the ideal country for most Americans. It was also the dream country for millions of people around the world because it was the sources of business . There was no income inequality in the American society because there was no gap between the productivity and the wages, and most Americans shared equally the income of the increasing productivity of the

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