Final Essay
Donald J. Trump was elected as the 45th president of the USA in 2016. This essay will have two parts:
Part 1 – The role of inequality in President Donald Trump’s election (around 250 words)
Discuss the role of inequality (in income and/or wages and/or wealth) in Donald Trump’s election. See suggested readings below. You must include at least one graph in this section and that graph must come from EPI (see www.epi.org). No more than two graphs can be included in this section.
Part 2 – Trump’s policies (around 1250 words)
Resources for Essay (* = compulsory to read and cite)
On Inequality and the US economy
http://www.epi.org/publication/income-inequality-in-the-us/ *
https://www.ft.com/content/98ce14ee-99a6-11e5-95c7-d47aa298f769 * – Sign up to the FT for a free trial to be able to access this article. If you still are unable to please let me know.
http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2014/12/12/racial-wealth-gaps-great-recession/
http://fivethirtyeight.com/features/the-economic-challenges-facing-the-next-president/
http://inequality.org/income-inequality/
http://inequality.stanford.edu/
On who voted for Trump
http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2016/11/08/us/elections/exit-poll-analysis.html
On Trump’s economic policies
http://www.economist.com/blogs/freeexchange/2016/11/global-economy
Other material from the Financial Times will be uploaded for you to read.