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    Dec 07, 2025  
American University Catalog 2025-2026 
    
American University Catalog 2025-2026

GOVT-221 Income and Wealth in America (3)


Wealth is at the center of American political power and is the basis for living standards of American families. This course emphasizes the socio-historical context of wealth issues and practices habit of mind outcomes by exploring for example, what it means to be wealthy and why half of U.S. households have virtually no wealth. AU Core Habits of Mind: Socio-Historical Inquiry.