Study shows wealth gap widens

A study published in the United States is reporting that the gap in wealth between white and black Americans more than quadrupled between 1984 and 2007.



The Institute on Assets and Social Policy said even when African-Americans had a good education and well-paying jobs, they could not achieve the wealth of their white peers in the workforce.



The institute\'s director Thomas Shapiro says the wealth gap reflected US public policies that benefited the wealthiest people.