Take the Quiz: How Much Do You Know About Inequality?

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http://www.alternet.org/news-amp-politics/take-quiz-how-much-do-you-know-about-inequality

Question One. In 1990, twenty percent of all children in the US lived in poverty. What percent of the children in the US live in poverty today?
A: Ten percent
B: Fifteen percent
C: Twenty percent

Question Two. The median wealth of black households in the US is $11,000. What is the median wealth of white households?
A: $22,000
B: $62,000
C: $141,000

Question Three. In 1960 the median earnings of women who work full-time year-round were about 60 percent of men’s. In 2010, women’s median earnings were about 77 percent of men’s. At this rate, in what year will women’s median earnings equal men’s?
A: 2028
B: 2038
C: 2058

Question Four. The average Chief Executive Officer was paid 20 times as much as the average worker in 1965, 30 times as much in 1978, and 122 times as much in 1995. How much more were CEOs paid than workers in 2013?
A: 195 times as much.
B: 245 times as much.
C: 295 times as much.

[truebluegreen]

1. Quiz was easy. In an embarrassing way.

Many of them I knew, and the rest I just picked the worst case.

[DeadLetterOffice]

2. Well that was horrifically depressing... n/t

[DeadLetterOffice]

4. It's the width of the gap, not the existence of the gap...

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... that I find depressing.
And your assumption that those with less are lazy is ridiculous, but you already know that.
Enjoy your stay. I anticipate it will be short-lived.

ETA: Thanks MIRT! Y'all are so efficient!