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    Jonathan Hartness Professor Greenbuam English 1101 3 April‚ 2014 The American Dream The Death of Horatio Alger is about how the American Dream is long dead due to the poor staying poor and never having equal opportunity‚ and the rich staying rich due to inherits. By Our Own Bootstraps is about creating the American Dream by having equal opportunity through hard work. Both of these articles define the American Dream based on the opportunity given or in some cases if it is ever given to those

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    The Death of Horatio Alger The United States of America has over time gone through several changes since the time when “The American Dream” slogan was put forward to drive the country to success. The article “The Death of Horatio Alger” by Paul Krugman was published in2004. Horatio Alger was a prolific writer who lived between the year 1832 and 1899. This article has expressed the value of the America dream. And the writer thinks about the causes of economic inequality. Moreover‚ it signified the

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    Paul Krugman

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    We Have No Class (Middle Class) In Paul Krugman’s Confronting Inequality‚ we are told‚ as citizens of the United States‚ the damages of high and rising inequality within our country. Krugman describes America as a place of unclear economic progress for the middle class while the share of economic growth in the past 3 decades has gone to the wealthy 1%. Krugman next describes the impact such inequality has on our society and republic. First starting with social inequality‚ he states “The fact is

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    Biography of Paul Robin Krugman Abstract Dr. Paul Robin Krugman is an American economist‚ bestselling author‚ and professor. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in 2008 for Economics. Dr. Krugman is an international economics that experience’s in finance‚ trade theory‚ and economic geography. This paper is a short summary of his life. Dr. Paul Krugman is an amazing American economist‚ Best Selling Author‚ and Professor. He was awarded by the American Economic Association the John Bates Clark Medal

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    Dalton questions three myths that derive from Ragged Dick in Horatio Alger: we are all judged entirely on our merits‚ we are all given equal opportunity to gain those merits‚ and that merit will bring us success. If we are all judged by our merits‚ then “it suggests that success in life has nothing to do with pedigree

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    dictionaries‚ the formal definition of “rags to riches” is used to describe a situation in which a person who begins his or her life in extreme poverty and moving to great wealth. Through the definition and the articles regarding the influence of Horatio Alger’s stories of success‚ we can conclude the concept of “rags to riches” is to motivate people who born into the bottom of our social hierarchy pyramid that they can change their life prospects and become successful by having strong character as

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    Horatio Alger‚ a short essay written by Harlon Dalton in effort to debunk the myths commonly seen in the classic American hero. It begins with discussing the main ideas conveyed in these stories and how they create a “socially destructive” narrative. The author objects to three main concepts that are portrayed in the Horatio Alger myth. The first idea of these stories is that everyone is only judged based on their own actions and accomplishments (Dalton). The author argues this notion as being simply

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    Paul Krugman Paul Krugman is one of the most successful columnists in The New York Times. Some of his best articles that helped him win a Nobel Prize on October 13‚ 2008 were “The Great Illusion;” “Fuels on the Hill‚” and “Running Out of Planet to Exploit.” Paul Krugman joined The New York Times in 1999 as a columnist on the Op-Ed Page and is also a professor of Economics at Princeton University. Mr. Krugman received his Bachelor’s Degree from Yale University in 1974 and his Ph.D. from MIT

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    Paul Robin Krugman‚ a columnist for the New York Times‚ is an economist and a Professor at Princeton University. He has won the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences‚ is known for his work on international economics‚ and is ranked as one of the most influential academic thinkers in the US. He has published over 200 articles and written 20 books professionally‚ and has written over 750 columns for the New York Times‚ Slate‚ and Fortune. As is reflected on his writings‚ and as stated by himself

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    recognizable and enduring stories regarding success in America were those by Horatio Alger. His tale Ragged Dick follows the same formula as many of his other stories. A young man works hard and with a stroke of luck becomes wildly successful. This is the quintessential American myth of success. But in the essay Horatio Alger Harlon Dalton has a different notion of Alger’s work calling it “socially destructive” (261). How can this be? Alger suggests that one need merely work hard and opportunity will eventually

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