Middle class

the money of the rich through lobbyists or super PACs, who then are the ones receiving the tax cuts and are garnering political favors by doing so, effectively moving us farther from a free and fair democracy, but rather towards oligarchy. The middle class has been fading away due to stagnating

decades now, that the middle/working class is the backbone of the United States. This economic class of Americans are what hold the country stable through their hard work and purchasing power. However, lately there has been a few jabs thrown at the middle class, such as the 2007-2008 recession, problems with minimum wage and its efficacy to create a comfortable life, and political matchups between candidates that reflect the middle class in different ways. I believe that the middle class has had to make

In Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales, social class is the backbone of the book. This is shown countless times through stories told by the pilgrims as well as how the story is structured. It is noticeable off the bat that the upper class is shown respect and given priority over the middle and lower class pilgrims, the prime example being the knight telling the first tale, and the host attempting to have stories told based in order of class. It should also be noted that it is very hard to move up the social

social issues, not the least of which is the notion of the class structure. The middle-class is traditionally viewed in a generous and hard-working light. Mia Alvar’s stories “Shadow Families” and “The Miracle Worker” however, depict a middle-class that lacks respect and pities the lower-class. In her stories, Alvar presents the lower-class characters in a way that suggests they are in many ways incompetent and dependent upon the higher class. This disparity in classes serves to perpetuate the issue

Middle class first derived from the industrial revolution. The stature of middle class first appeared in Europe in the late middle ages, with the restoration of trade. Jones states, “The middle class underwent enormous expansion in the 19th century because of the Industrial Revolution that offered both new forms of production and new scales of production that provided much more flexible investments than the land held by the upper class and the Church” (Jones 2). By the ninetieth century in Europe

Introduction China’s unique consumer culture can be traced back to the turn of the twentieth century when it was closely related to and acted as an aid to nationalism. According to Gerth, Chinese consumption trends in the 1920s were directed by the slogan ‘Chinese should consume China made products’ (4). The motive behind this trend was to encourage the consumption of Chinese products, and nationalism was used to foster this belief and trend (Gerth 4). Consumption at this early age can be assumed

The Middle Class is no more Edward McClelland is a journalist, as well as the author of several other books. Young Mr. Obama: Chicago and the Making of a Black President (2010), was the latest published, in addition to the several articles that appear in the Los Angeles Times, the New York Times, and online sites such as, www.alternet.org. McClelland’s article, RIP, the Middle Class was first published on September 20, 2013, in Salon, an online news site. Having grown up in the midst of 1946-2013

I believe that all three of the friends that I interviewed belong to either the middle-class or upper-middle-class social groups. My friends Ben and James are very similar to me in terms of their development and the type of individuals that they grew out to be today, meanwhile, my friend Jack differs slightly. Ben and James, although they failed to move around as much as I did during their childhoods, participated in organized activities similar to mine. Team sports were an integral part of our lives

The American middle class is disappearing. This is what everyone says, all the time. Although the notion propels many political debates, it’s simply not true. At the very least, it’s a debatable proposition. Yet I can’t remember a single journalist, debate moderator, or editorial board pushing back when a politician drops the usual trope about the middle class “shrinking” or “being squeezed” or “stagnating” or being “murdered?” It’s simply a given that the middle class is under duress. A recent

Written by Geoffrey Chaucer at the end of the fourteenth century, The Canterbury Tales and more specifically it’s prologue, shed a great deal of light on the rising middle class in (fourteenth century) England. Despite the fact that some readers may not know a lot about the time period today, Chaucer’s writing in the prologue elaborates on topics such as occupations, wealth, education, and political power. Scholar Barbara Nolan writes of the prologue, “it is more complex than most…It raises expectations