Summary Of Inequality Is Nobody's Fault By Birdstall

What was Birdstall’s goal in writing this text? I do not see the point of addressing the information that she chose. It seemed like she searched for any piece of ‘relevant’ information that could relate to her ideas, instead of finding events that would connect with each other. She seems to go all over the place, going from Latin America to Europe, to Asia. It seemed fairly scattered, and I felt that she could have added more relevant information.
She says a lot about inequality and how “Inequality is nobody’s fault and cannot be fixed in our lifetime.” She then divides her thoughts into main categories: history, the poor’s rational decisions, prosperity, and bad economic policy. The four points she makes, I do agree with. However, those are …show more content…
Instead, she seems to almost always confront the poor people and shine them in a bad light. I would even go as far to say that she is painting the powerful person to be the hero, which I personally would disagree with.
The beginning of the sentence, “Inequality is nobody’s fault…,” itself is a fairly bold statement, especially since it is told without many facts or references directly relating to that. Saying that inequality is nobody’s fault does not make any sense to me. I feel like inequality is, without a doubt, the people’s doing. It is not gender specific, not age specific, not class specific, etc. Inequality is not a natural occurrence and must be fueled by some sort of human action.
Throughout the world, the gap between the extreme highs and lows, in terms of class, is extreme. We can see people, dirt poor, struggling at keeping themselves alive in the harsh weathers of a third-world country, while there are people so well off, driving their Lamborghinis to their beautiful mansions in comfort. Everybody is responsible for the status of their society, and everyone’s contribution is important. The smaller the gap between wealthy and struggling people, the better the chance at lowering