poverty and wealth inequality in the United States submitted to the recent theoretical lenses of Matthew Desmond and Mustafa Emirbayer which focus on institutional racism in the labor market‚ education and housing in the twentieth century‚ help us grasp the mechanisms by which disadvantages breed disadvantages over several generations. We intend to show from the New deal to the civil right movement some persistent interactions in which institutions like the government‚ real-state and financial sectors
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democracy and capitalism. This dichotomy stems from the tension of individuals trying to achieve economic prosperity‚ while the community is trying to achieve relative political equality. There is much debate about whether in our current state of economic inequality and disparity‚ political equality can be achieved. The nature of this debate stems from the different ways in which democracy is defined. Many scholars‚ including Howard Zinn have defined democracy operationally rather than conclusively
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amongst the most famous moral theories to argue social issues. Developed by Jeremy Bentham‚ Utilitarianism is a belief that welfare and happiness should be maximized. Bentham believed that the morality of an action was determined by how much overall utility resulted from that action. Following were philosophers like include John Stuart Mill and John Rawls who mentioned that utilitarianism was a moral theory that could be used to justify inequality. Utilitarianism however is perhaps the most efficient
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Income/wealth inequality in the U.S has grown rapidly over the last few decades. “Today the richest 1% own 34% of the wealth and top 10% own 74%” (Hodges). The main causes of this discrepancy are attributed to the technology boom‚ the need for companies to outsource production and inherence of wealth as well as company differences. Though the growing gap is alarming to Americans‚ it is important to remember that income and wealth inequality is an accepted result of a capitalistic economy. The
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Bryce Sims Poli Sci 101 5 March 2017 Poverty and Inequality in the United States Capitalism demands that “wealth is on top and debt is on the bottom” (Salon.com) Income inequality rates are higher in the United States than any other developed democracy and the rates are growing. Large corporations and the top 1% get breaks that the middle and lower class do not. Such as tax breaks‚ bailouts‚ and bankruptcy laws being loosened. It can be argued that capitalism is the number
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This article by Julia Limitone describes the state of our current economy and what some economic advisors are expecting for the future. While a few have a negative outlook‚ some believe the United States economy is doing incredibly well under the circumstances. Senator Bernie Sanders describes America’s economy as “rigged” and full of income inequality. He even states that America has more inequality than any other country in the world. Martin Feldstein‚ an economic advisor at FOX Business‚ explains
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where the gains from the economic growth go largely to the wealthiest Americans‚ and I believe that there should be an end to this. If you could just hear me out‚ and listen to the solutions I have to reduce both poverty and income inequality. As we mentioned above the United Sates still faces poverty problems. To address this problem the first solution would be creating more jobs. The best pathway out of poverty is a well paying job. To start this of‚ the federal government should begin investments
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President Obama called widening income inequality the “defining challenge of our time”. The political firestorm created from perceived economic inequality is an increasingly vexing problem in the United States. The belief‚ that the richest citizens use their power and privilege by abusing the most vulnerable with impunity‚ as think tank philosophers feed mob rule passions for equality through “divide and conquer” Machiavellianism. Consequently‚ allowing the government and wealthy individuals to
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Inequalities to minority groups are a form of discrimination because not being allowed to participate in sport means that society cares too much about our sexuality and how people think. This notion can be shown in gym class where individuals try to avoid homophobic bullying from their peers by not showing how feminine or masculine they are in order to participate and fit in. In addition‚ these individuals are fearful that their peers will reject their sexuality; thus‚ they would not be able to participate
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income inequality would have widened enormously. According to Reich‚ we are all vital when understanding the fundamental of the social class. We each play a role and the middle class is crucial to a stable economic system. How is it possible that the rich keep getting richer and the middle class just stay at their current class? Foremost‚ it is inevitable to live in US without inequality‚ people are always productive which evidently leads to capitalism. However‚ when does inequality become
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