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The Increasing Gap Between Rich And Poor
The

Increasing gap between

Rich and poor

----Economic inequality

By Hu Haoyan 200821167
Tertiary Preparation Studies Mrs Christine Taylor
ACG Norton College
September 13, 2014

Content Page

---Introduction

---The conflict between rich and poor

---Why this kind of things happened

---How to solve the problem

---Conclusion

1. Introduction

The topic of my report it is “the increasing gap between rich and poor” the reason why I choose this topic it is because I came from a poor family , when I was a child my parents sent me to a noble school , at that time I always had inferiority feel , because when you studied in a place where almost everyone came from a rich family and only you were the poorest , I really do not know how to express my feeling. I always had different value with my classmate. However after few years my parents become successful, we became a quite rich family, but I will never forget the things that I had experienced before. Therefore I want to talk about the increasing gap between rich and poor. Because I had experienced the both situation. On this report I will focuses on the conflict between rich and poor, why this kind of things happened and how to solve this problem.

2. The conflict between rich and poor.
Due to the age of globalization, the gap between high and low income people is not only persisting, but in many cases it is widening. According to (Pew Study) “The strife between rich and poor people is now seen as a bigger issue than other social conflicts, including conflict between immigrants and native-born Americans and tension between black and white Americans”
Some people think that people who are wealthy because they were born into wealthy family, others believe that they earned their money because



Bibliography: (http://rt.com/business/world-economic-forum-inequality-754/) (http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/10/28/us-usa-wallstreet-cboreport-idUSTRE79R3XR20111028)

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