Fareed speaks with Michael Porter, a professor at the Harvard Business School, about a groundbreaking new Social Progress Index – and how the United States is lagging on many indicators. Watch the video for the full interview or on GPS this Sunday at 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. ET on CNN.
U.S. is number 70 in Health and Wellness
When a country has the money and then refuses to spend it on the basic health and wellness of it’s citizens, that is criminal and oppressive.
“For every dollar owned by the average white family in the United States, the average family of color has less than a dime. Why do people of color have so little wealth? The Color of Wealth lays bare a dirty secret: for centuries, people of color have been barred by laws and by discrimination from participating in government wealth-building programs that benefit white Americans.”
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Income inequality isn’t inevitable. As economists have argued, it is the result of bad policies that favor the rich and leave everyone else struggling.
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