David Simon (2014) | Some People Are More Equal Than Others

Society preaches forgiveness for the rich and retribution for the
poor. Entrenched inequality and its companion, poverty, are the
dark side of the American dream for a citizenry united by name,
but not by rules. Is the divide fair, the result of natural
winners and losers, or is it built into the system? We know that
inequality is bad for the rich as well as the poor, and that more
equal countries are healthier and happier, but this knowledge
won't bring change by itself. What can be done when those with
the power to change the divide are those that benefit most from
it? As long as the more equal won't let go, the less equal will
suffer.


David Simon is a journalist, author, and television
writer/producer best known as the creator and showrunner of HBO
series The Wire and Treme. He spent twelve years on the crime
beat for the Baltimore Sun. He also worked on the adaptations of
his books Homicide: A Year on the Killing Streets and The Corner:
A Year in the Life of an Inner-City Neighborhood for NBC and HBO
respectively.