​Park Avenue:
Money, Power and the American Dream | Why Poverty?

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Academy Award-winning filmmaker, Alex Gibney's take on the gap between rich and poor Americans in his film Park Avenue: Money, Power and the American Dream. Gibney contends that America’s richest citizens have “rigged the game in their favor,” and created unprecedented inequality in the United States.
(time 55 minutes)

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Directions: 

• Questions must be typed before each answer.  
• Please answer questions 1 & 2 BEFORE you view the film and do not alter your answers after the film.  You may add to what you wrote after you watch the film but it is NOT necessary (nor expected).
• Questions 3 through 10 can be very brief; one or two sentences as long as they answer the question.
• Remember to proofread your work.

BEFORE you watch . . .
     1.  What is economic inequality?
     2.  Do you think that in the United States it is possible for anyone to become wealthy?  Why or why not? 
 
AS you watch . . . (BRIEF answers | one or two sentences):  
     3.  How is Park Avenue Manhattan different from Park Avenue Harlem? 
     4.  Do we have similar divisions here in the Bay Area? 
          If no, why do you think that is the case?  If yes, where specifically? 
     5.  What is significant about 740 Park Avenue? 
     6.  What did lobbyist Jack Abramoff say about the “system?” 
     7.  Why did presidential candidates and politicians visit 740 Park Avenue? 
     8.  Why do businesses like less regulation? 
     9.  What did the US Conference of Catholic Bishops say about food stamps? 
   10.  How much money do CEOs make, compared to the average worker? 
 
AFTER you watch . . .
​     11.  Do you think the video had a liberal or conservative bias? Why?