Inequality For All: Documentary Analysis

The rates of progression of the socioeconomic status of nations can build on will depend on a pathway towards a greater or worse case. This paper will reveal the effects of Capitalism and Inequality in American and Canadian economies today and also, the solutions to improve both society and quality of life. The first piece, is a 90-minute documentary titled Inequality for All directed by Jacob Kornbluth and produced by Jen Chaiken and Sebastian Dungan at 72 Productions, released in Fall 2013. This documentary is presented by economist, author and university professor, Robert Reich talking about the last 30 years of widening income inequality and explores the effects that the economic gap has played on American democracy (Wikipedia). The second
Modern societies today, revolve around the consumption of goods and if manufactured for a short period they are extremely wasteful and harmful to the health of the environment and the quality of your life. In relation to Future of Work, this short documentary illustrates and transforms how we think about our lives and the relationship to the planet with usage of products that are important to consumers these days. (revolve around this idea of consumerism) The Story of Stuff discusses the impact of overconsumption on goods and resulting in disposal. This documentary outlines Leonard’s analysis on the historical focus in the year of 1955 regarding economic growth. According to Victor Lebo, he suggested: “Our enormously productive economy... demands that we make consumption our way of life, that we convert the buying and use of goods into rituals, that we seek our spiritual satisfaction, our ego satisfaction, in consumption... we need things consumed, burned up, replaced and discarded at an ever-accelerating rate” (Fox 2007). This data suggests that we turn our culture, (how it is currently) to one that worships continually increase the consumption and to convince that everyone is in need for the next “new” thing in the market is that economic boost a person needs. An example that forces consumers to continually buy items that shift consumers on trends and perceptions: The fashion industry, where heels change one year and fat the next (Fox 2007). This example shows that advertisements and the media play a huge a role in the economic chain making an individual believe that you are not as valuable as that same person wearing the same shoe. It’s a reminder for the person to keep buying new