Wealth Inequality in America video
Infographics on the distribution of wealth in America, highlighting both the inequality and the difference between our perception of inequality and the actuality is
Wealth Inequality in America: Key Facts & Figures | St. Louis Fed
Excellent resource to communicate income and wealth disparity in the United States. Teachers coupling this with Progressive Era lessons can help students see connections across time but more importantly shatter pervasive and almost unmovable assumptions about the economy
The Irrelevance of That “3 Billionaires Have More Wealth Than Half of America” Factoid - Foundation for Economic Education
This should be easy for students to tear apart - provide it to them along with the proof of the statistic and have them dissect the argument offered by this writer for the Foundation for EconomiC Education. Spoiler alert - the argument is that children, prisoners, people just starting their careers and retired are included in the statatisic.