When examining levels of inequality globally, there is a correlation between countries that have free college tuition and low levels of inequality. Norway, Finland, Sweden, Germany, Slovenia, and France offer their citizens free or almost free education.
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They are also ranked lowest in inequality according to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development.
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This correlation could possibly serve as evidence to support the notion that education is an intervention that could level the playing field. As stated in the previous section, children born into a lower economic bracket do not have the same educational supports in their early years of education. This puts them steps behind their counterparts in the higher economic bracket and could result in the individual not being college-ready.
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Furthermore, rising tuitions costs are making it increasingly difficult for young adults to fund college. However, if higher education were free, provided by the government, would the United States see their economic inequality gap narrow?