Our group presentation topic was the gap between the rich and the poor in Mexico. Mexico, as a whole, is a fairly wealthy country. However, for many reasons, the wealth is so unevenly distributed between rich and poor that Mexico is one of the most economically unequal countries in the world. Boomer discussed monopolies, and the problems that arise from countries like Mexico that are controlled by them with little to no government intervention. Ryan talked about Carlos Slim, the world's richest man, who makes his fortune basically by owning Mexico. Basically, poverty is perpetuated by these monopolies and billionaires, and the government should have intervened years ago in regulated them so that they wern't able to basically take Mexico over.

These are a few videos that related to our topic:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tdLBzfFGFQU <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tdLBzfFGFQU>

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XjGXXOfoTek <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XjGXXOfoTek>

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AkVV3Ode3Ok <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AkVV3Ode3Ok>

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