16 The rise of the right and the decline of the working class

Primary Source Video: Ronald Reagan, “Morning in America” ad, 1984: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pUMqic2IcWA

Primary Source Video: Christian Coalition recruitment video, “American at a Crossroads,” 1990: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MeEKAwJKCvk

Secondary Source Text: “Wage stagnation in nine charts,” 2015 (Or, why our students feel they will be stuck living at home forever). https://www.epi.org/publication/charting-wage-stagnation/

Documentary: Inside Job, 2010 documentary with Matt Damon on 2008 financial crisis: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T2IaJwkqgPk

Documentary: 13th, Ava Duvernay documentary tracing the history of mass incarceration: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=krfcq5pF8u8

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