Why Poverty?
Park Avenue: Money, Power & the American Dream
Season 14 Episode 1 | 54m 17sVideo has Closed Captions
A point-of-view film by Alex Gibney
Academy Award-winning filmmaker Alex Gibney (Taxi to the Dark Side, Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room) presents his take on the gap between rich and poor Americans in Park Avenue: Money, Power and the American Dream. Gibney contends that America's richest citizens have "rigged the game in their favor," and created unprecedented inequality in the United States.
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Why Poverty?
Park Avenue: Money, Power & the American Dream
Season 14 Episode 1 | 54m 17sVideo has Closed Captions
Academy Award-winning filmmaker Alex Gibney (Taxi to the Dark Side, Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room) presents his take on the gap between rich and poor Americans in Park Avenue: Money, Power and the American Dream. Gibney contends that America's richest citizens have "rigged the game in their favor," and created unprecedented inequality in the United States.
Problems playing video? | Closed Captioning Feedback
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