Household income in the United States

The United States holds the world’s largest single national economy, which makes it the world’s most prominent economic power and a leading country in the world along with other developed countries. There are 15 “developed countries” in the world, countries which have “a highly developed economy and technological and infrastructural advancement” (Singh). The United States is considered the fifth most developed country in the world, however, childhood poverty in the U.S. is the worst compared to…

year of education, on average, equates to an extra 10% return in annual income. In comparison to non-Indigenous peoples, the on-reserve population’s educational attainment level and connected income tends to be lower. In 2006, the average household income for Indigenous people living on-reserve was $15,958 as compared to $36,000 for non-Indigenous Canadians. Moreover, the on-reserve Indigenous population’s median income was also lower, by 20%, than the off-reserve Indigenous…

model. This model states that the population can be arranged on “independent axes of warmth and competence” (Massey, 11). This separation into groups suggests that only one type of group is good: the esteemed in-group (12). He states that these emotions that people feel towards others constitute prejudice, but grouping and categorization were developed for efficiency (8-10). Massey also has a trinity of stratification that consists of race, gender, and class…

military personnel could communicate better and journalists from all over the country could send articles faster. The telegraph successfully made not only message delivery quicker, but aided other jobs to be more efficient. The telegraph increased income levels and expanded educational opportunities which aided the increase of the standard of living for British citizens in the 1800s, while solving the problem of slow message delivery.…

Income Gap in America Today, America is considered one of the richest countries in the world, however when our economy is examined closer, the reality is that much of our nation's wealth is controlled by a tiny handful of individuals, leaving the bottom 99 percent to fight for the remaining 78 percent of the wealth. Currently, The U.S. ranks around the 30th percentile in income inequality globally, meaning 70% of countries have a more equal income distribution. Since the 1970’s, the issue of…

As the world become more intertwined and complicated, competitions inevitably exist in almost every aspect of life. From the fear of being picked last in a gym class to the fear of being the last person to get a promotion at your firm, it seems to be inherit as a human being to dislike sitting in the last place. Kuziemko et al’s “Last-Place Aversion: Evidence and redistributive implications” suggests that people are generally last place averse and would more likely to gamble as long as there is…

feeling like we belong somewhere. Home is a place where families can come together and spend quality time and bond as a family unit. Australians cannot continue to sustain the Great Australian Housing Dream because if cannot be afforded by most households. Research shows that the dream can’t be reached and sustained because of housing stress trying to achieve the dream. Although other research has shown that more Australians want to buy more than one property to build a housing portfolio.…

Approximately 1.7 million of very-low and low-income households are in the urgent need of subsidized housing because they spend more than one-third of their income on housing costs in the least expensive areas across the state (Mac, 2015). Experts argue that some key factors such as lack of supply, demographic shifts, and NIMBYism led to higher demand for rental housing and single-family homes that spiked the housing costs across all regions in the state (Mac, 2015). In this section, I define…

between the ages of 18 and 65 (ACS Demographic and housing estimates, 2015). The Pasadena population is 46% two or more person family households, with 41% of those households having children under the age of 18 (Households and families, 2010). The goal is that by reaching family members of a household, they can then share the information learned with their households. The education presentation setting is at the Pasadena Central Public Library, Studio On The 4th space, which is an open area on…

The American dream is a sort of amorphic and sublime appeal for a worldly ideal of human life and success. It is widely used around the globe. Thomas Jefferson's Declaration of Independence comes to mind, especially that very part about the right of each individual to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness including his intention of writing directly in the course of pursuit idea. The Statue of Liberty and the words mentioned above are associated with America and it's famous definition…