Economic inequality

Most people have a concept that could affect them directly or indirectly that is known as literacy. Literacy is the transfers of information from one person to another. Literacy is all about communication or understanding between two people or a group of people. Literacy can be in any fields of study besides reading and writing. A form of literacy, called social literacy, is the communication using words and engaging over a particular subject or idea. For example, a person reading another…

Native Americans have a higher unemployment and poverty rate when compared with the national average, but the rates are comparable to those of blacks and Hispanics. Native Americans sometimes deal with economic injustice. Many say the federal government is not giving American Indians enough money to combat these problems. The Native American culture is sometimes looked on to by many people in the United States today. What many do not realize is that about twenty-five percent of Native Americans…

Santa Monica is a small city located alongside the Pacific Ocean. As of 2015, the population of Santa Monica was 93,220 (U.S. Census, 2015). In many ways Santa Monica is an affluent community, which one observes through its residential neighborhoods, stores and restaurants. In fact, according to Forbes, Santa Monica ranks among the most expensive cities in the country (Schiffman, 2015). In 2015, the “median household income was $76,580” compared to $50,205 in Los Angeles (U.S. Census, 2015).…

titled, “Confronting Inequality,” Paul Krugman discuses the issues of Inequality between the rich and poor and why people should be care about this big issue. One reason inequality happens, according to Krugman, is that wealthy people own the government and use that power to help their interests. To support his claim, Krugman mentions the hedge fund loophole, which is an unjust tax break hedge fund managers take advantage of, which is politically supported by many. This inequality doesn’t just…

To continue, many people are excluded just because of their financial situation. Such as, areas of high-poverty have people that are less likely to attend quality schools, live in good houses, have good healthcare, and have cheap consumer credit, and find other ways out of poverty. This is not fair because even if the people are in a tight situation, they do not need to be treated badly. Another example is that investigations have shown that Americans blame poverty on poor people and are…

The authors Lee Rainwater and Timothy M. Smeeding, addressed the problematic of children living in poverty in America. They explained that although to all advances and improvement of the most industrialized nation in the world, “A significant percentage American children are living in families so poor that health and growth are at risk” (Ferguson, 2007, p.739). Policy makers are criticized of not given the necessary and deserved importance to children living in poverty that compared with other…

D’Aeja Chatman Prof. Sharon Houck ENGL D3B 07 Oct 2015 Income Inequality: It truly does exists Has anyone ever taken the time to look at the lopsided wealth distribution that exists in our society? The lopsided wealth distribution that exists in our society has been around for many years, and it is referred to as Income Inequality. If people would take the time to notice the gaps in the income that is distributed within the social classes, its effects on the education that is received, the…

Interpretation Poverty is a global issue that has impacted most aspects of society, especially women. The issue of women within society has a history of injustice which lead to inequalities and gender. Analysis The biggest trend within poverty is the feminization of poverty, which means that women is becoming the larger number within poverty. According to Alexandra Cawthorne, an Analyst from Center for American Progress’s Poverty and Prosperity & Women’s Health and Rights Programs’s Research…

Sanders 1 Kyra Sanders Montgomery Comp I T/TR 6, October 2015 Poverty in the United States Poverty is one of the most devastating and major issues in which the world faces every day. One does not realize how easy it is to fall into the poverty category. More than 1 million people live in poverty today. Poverty is being poor, unfit, and not being able to purchase the necessities in order to survive. The loss of a job, an illness, or a sudden death in a family can lead to poverty. Although…

poverty, injustice and gross inequality persist in our world, none of us can truly rest,” Nelson Mandela. Inequality, the condition of being unequal, is a widespread problem; from wealth and income inequality to education. Wealth inequality in the U.S. is unequal distribution of assets among residents of the United States. Educational Inequality is the difference in the learning results, or efficacy, experienced by students coming from different groups. Income inequality refers to the extent to…