Education & Earnings
The more of this a person has, the higher their potential income.
What is education?
People born into wealthy families often inherit this, giving them financial advantages.
What is wealth?
This law, passed in 1963, requires that men and women be paid equally for equal work.
What is the Equal Pay Act?
This type of government assistance provides temporary financial help for struggling families.
What is welfare?
In Shark Tank, hopeful entrepreneurs pitch their business ideas to a panel of these wealthy investors.
Who are the sharks?
A person with this degree can earn nearly twice as much as someone with only a high school diploma.
What is a bachelor's degree?
Wealthy parents often pass down businesses or leave money to their children, known as this.
What is inheritance?
In 2009, this act was passed to help workers sue for unfair wage discrimination.
What is the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act?
This term refers to government programs that require people receiving benefits to work or get job training.
What is workfare?
This rapper, who wrote God's Plan, gave away nearly $1 million to people in need in the song's music video.
In 2010, this U.S. president stressed that dropping out of school affects both personal and national success.
Who is Barrack Obama?
This financial term describes assets passed from one generation to the next, often widening income gaps.
What is generational wealth?
This 1964 law banned discrimination based on race, gender, religion, and national origin.
What is the Civil Rights Act?
This program provides financial support to workers who lose their jobs through no fault of their own
What is unemployment insurance?
This bestselling novel and movie series follows a poor girl named Katniss who competes in an annual deadly event controlled by the rich Capitol.
What is The Hunger Games?
The federal government provides these to low-income students to help make college more affordable.
What are grants and loans?
The ability to use money to access top schools, tutors, and connections gives wealthier students this kind of "head start."
This federal policy encourages businesses to hire more women and minorities to counteract past discrimination.
What is affirmative action?
This U.S. president started the first major welfare programs during the Great Depression.
Who is Franklin D. Roosevelt?
This 1990s hit by The Notorious B.I.G. reminds us that more money often brings more problems.
What is Mo Money Mo Problems?
High school dropouts tend to have higher rates of this compared to those with college degrees.
What is unemployment?
Because of wealth inequality, people born into rich families have better access to this key resource, increasing their future income.
What is education?
This term describes the fact that, since 2001, the average full-time working woman has only earned about 78% of what the average full-time working man earns.
What is gender pay gap?
This set of government guidelines determines who qualifies for financial assistance programs.
What is poverty guidelines?
This movie features a young man who goes from rags to riches by winning a game show in India.
What is Slumdog Millionaire?