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Park Avenue: Money, Power & The American Dream (2012)

How much inequality is too much?

Gênero : Documentário

Runtime : 1H 10M

Director : Alex Gibney

Sinopse

If income inequality were a sport, the residents of 740 Park Avenue in Manhattan would all be medalists. This address boasts the highest number of billionaires in the United States.

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