How does a capitalistic economy create social inequality or a “divide?”

1. How does a capitalistic economy create social inequality or a “divide?”

   2.  Our author notes that the “key to dependency thinking is that the poor were not always poor,” but that they “were made poor.” What does he mean by this?

2. 3. Watch the following TED TALK: http://www.ted.com/talks/richard_wilkinson.html  In your own words explain what happens in a society when there is too much inequality between the wealthy and poor (such as our society.)

Drawing from the Ted Talk,  how can we fix poverty?