Alan Berube Lecture Summary

Financial loss, divorce, long commute times can befall a person because of the rapid growth of income inequality. But one mustn’t look at statistical analytics to see the reasons behind the falling outs but rather at what causes do these people not have higher incomes, marriage and living problems. These persons undoubtedly make bad decisions in their homes and work place-they may be very rude to clients, don’t take their job seriously, or are unorganized individuals-and therefore may be fired for their behavior and must take on a reduced income at a measly job because nobody else will accept them. They carry all of their problems

Living in a society that does not help its people to live comfortably and provide facilities for them to achieve their demands, is harmful. One of these harmful affections is “social inequality” in each diverse society. Social inequality occurs when resources in each society are distributed unevenly, typically through norms of allocation, that engender specific patterns along lines of socially defined categories of persons. The United States contains one of the most common social inequalities for its population and that is “social stratification and mobility” and the government should strictly investigate this social inequality for people who are living in the United States.

The land of freedom, the United States, is the Promised Land for all. Its citizen can be much as prosperous as they want. Nonetheless, a phenomenon has occurred gradually that has changed the economy, social levels, income, and wealth of all Americans. This is called inequality. Inequality has become a social problem since people has not raised their voice take advantage of voting, large corporations as CEOs who take instead of give.

The last issue concerning wealth inequality is the health and well being of the lower class. The high rates of social problems: lower rates of performance in school, life expectancy, incarceration, teenage pregnancy along with health problems like obesity and heart disease are directly effected by the United States high inequality. The reason for poor school performance is that children of the lower class typically do not plan on going to college because they cannot afford it. If they do not plan on going to college, they don’t believe there is a reason to put a lot of effort and succeed in high school.

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This essay question asks to discuss some of the ways in which differences and inequalities persist over time. Thus demonstrating that they are not fixed, but forever changing, being caused in diverse ways by society. The essay will first define ‘Inequality’ and ‘Differences’. It will then use two strands, ‘Making Lives’ and ‘Ordering Lives’ to discuss how they persist and will look at some differences and inequalities within, wealth, homelessness, law, and class. Concluding the whole world is effected by continuing inequalities and differences, which is only getting worse.

In the Article when Albert Jeremiah Beveridge enters the U.S senate in 1899 at 36, Albert Beveridge (1862-1927) the people around America though he’s was the most influential young leaders. The Americans thought Albert was going to be a good advocate of the United State, over the century the America though that would have a great political career. Albert had progressed to the social policies, decade himself enact pure food child labor and tariff reform laws. Albert was a brilliant, Charismatic Political leaders, U.S Senator Albert J. Beveridge and in 1898 as the fervent exponent of America expansion overseas. Albert in 1922 ran for the U.S senate in Indian once again also winning the republican primary but losing to Democrat Samuel in the general

In Jill Lepore's essay, she will build an irrefutable argument about inequality in America. Describing in detail the quandaries it has caused U.S. citizens. She will provide facts about the trepidation that inequality has founded in our own backyard. Jill Lepore's use of logical, ethical and characteristic anecdotes is profound and extensive.

Income inequality in the United States has been increasing gradually as from the 20th century where there was economic stability. It is estimated that around a quarter of the American worker population receives not more than $10 in an hour. Through this condition, it creates an income that is below what the federal poverty level demands. Those who receive low income include the fast food employees, cashiers, nurse's aides and many more. Other individuals get good payments which are above $10 per hour. Wealth inequality in America is quite common as there are those who are the major economic block and those who can’t afford even the three meals in a day. The social issues that income and wealth inequality might cause in the United States include poverty, household debts becoming high, high crime rates, no health insurance for the low-income families, high mobility rates, high crime rates and school dropouts.

Inequality, it is all around us, in our jobs, at our children schools, in our neighborhoods, and no matter how hard we might try to escape it, there if no escape. We used to think that inequality was a thing of the past, but it is still very prevalent in today’s society. Many think “well inequality does not affect me personally, so why should I care?” While it may not affect you personally, it probably affects someone close to you. Throughout his book Toxic Inequality, Thomas Shapiro demonstrates just how surrounded the population is by inequalities with stories about families who are not only financially divided, but racially. These inequalities are rooted so deeply in our society that it can be easy to overlook the problem and ignore it, but as Shapiro demonstrates we can no longer overlook the problem, we need to face it head on it we have any hope of trying to fix it for future generations.

The question “Why is there so much poverty in the United States?” has such a broad spectrum of issues. There is no simple cure or single cause of poverty. As of 2016, the top 20% of Americans owned 85% of the country's wealth and the bottom 80% of the population owned 15%. How is it that 400 people hold more wealth than half the population of the United States? Throughout this assignment I will be discussing the unfair distribution of wealth and through the data I collected finding the best route for equality for all.

There is a high degree of social inequality within the United States. Of most modern industrial countries, the United Stated has some of the richest and some of the poorest people to be found. That fact is very disturbing, however, explains why much of the inequality exists in the US. In the following essay I will explain to you about the inequality in our country and why it occurs, based on the theoretical perspectives of a functionalist, conflict theorist, and social interationist.

“The problems faced by people living in cities are fundamentally alike, no matter where they live in the world, no matter their level of poverty or wealth, no matter their age or gender.” I don’t agree to the above quote one-hundred percent because the problems that some may face in a city they probably didn’t faced them in their village/hometown. Moreover, the level of poverty or wealth does influenced what problems one can face because problems that the poor may face the rich might not face them. Now, the problems that are faced living in cities does depends on the age and gender. There are several examples from different sources we have covered in class like videos, lecture, and readings.

With inventions such as quicker and more effective ways of transit, the Utopian suburbia was born and alleviated overcrowding problems cities faced. However, many members of the poorer class were not able to remedy their living conditions that places outside of the city offered. The many helpful factors suggested by the aiding systems of the 19th century may have given a more acceptable living standard to the poor. But if you were born into the poor class you were stuck in the poor class unless you worked your life out of debt if you were able survive as long. Today, there are many reform programs and policies to help the lower classes; are few are namely unemployment agencies, welfare, shelters and educational practices. Despite years of reform, a lack in abundance of shelter or food stamps exemplifies the modern hardship that was comparable to the difficulties the people of the 19th century faced.(p1 para3, Newfield)

Much has been written about Economic inequality and how it affects various aspects of quality of life. The literature is varied with recent works such as Richard Wilkinson and Kate Pickett’s Spirit Level which suggesting that economic inequality has a detrimental effect on several factors such as increased crime, increased obesity, and worse mental health within a country. Whilst other authors have seen economic growth as part of the development process as outlined by Simon Kuznets. Whilst there has always been a wide range of literature on inequality, this literature has expanded significantly since the Financial Crisis of 2008. The financial crisis seems to have sparked a vast amount of public disapproval which has been reflected in the increased literature and popularity as shown through French economist Thomas Piketty’s best-seller ‘Capital in the Twenty-First Century’