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Make a essay. Watch Park Avenue: Money, Power, and the American Dream (also under Multimedia). Using the resources from this class, as well as one or more outside sources, address the following questions:
1. What does the American Dream mean to you?
2. How has governmental policy impacted economic inequality in this country?
3. What role do lobbyists play in determining policy in the United States? How can we address the economic inequalities that exist in this country, given our understanding of the political forces at work? What do they do? How do they influence the creation and passage of legislation at the Federal level?
4. Do you agree or disagree that education is the key to addressing economic disparities? If you agree, why? If you disagree, what would you say IS the key to addressing economic disparities in the United States?
5. What American values describe the way we view economic success in this country?
6. Is there (still) a bridge to economic opportunity for everyone in the United States?