Wealth condensation

one of the wealthiest people on the planet according to Forbes. This to some, will not come as a big surprise since Gates is both the founder and owner of Microsoft Corporation. However, with great power comes great responsibility to dedicate the wealth you have earned to something that will benefit society. Gates has done just that, along with his wife Melinda Gates they have created a foundation called the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.According to the Bill & Melinda Gates foundation…

The society today is developing towards a stage where wealthiest are ruling the planet and is increasingly becoming plutocratic. What used to be a democratic state is no longer present. This plutocratic stage has seen many similarities with the society depicted in Jennifer Government by Max Barry. Jennifer Government is staged in a society where the wealthiest corporations have taken over the planet and have formed their own society. As well as that, they have made a huge impact in the human…

As he grew up, Walter developed a strong desire for money and success. This made him greedy, but ambitious. Constantly comparing his life to other wealthy men was the cause for Walter to be this way. It made him feel envious. Walter envied the clothes they wore, the jobs they had, the houses they lived in, and most importantly, the amount of money they make. In the play, Walter says, “[Walter]...white boys are sitting back and talking ‘bout things...sitting there turning deals worth millions of…

“Rich people plan for three generations Poor people plan for Saturday night”(Leigh Taylor). The “Greasers” or also known as poor kids have more struggles than the “Socs” which are the rich kids. There is more evidence that the “Greasers” struggle more because of the sacrifices and the violence they were exposed to. The “Greasers” struggle because they are exposed to things they have never seen and the “Socs” have an lot to expect from. Because of the sacrifices they made and the violence they…

Poverty: Arguably, the main struggle of the family in Upton Sinclair's, The Jungle, is that of money. In fact, if the family was well off financially, almost none of their problems would be of existence, and the story wouldn't be nearly as controversial. Take the beginning of the novel for example when the family foreshadowed all the misery they would face due to monetary issues, “Jurgis, too, had heard of America. That was a country where, they said, a man might earn three rubles a day; and…

The word greed always comes with a negative connotation. It is defined as a selfish desire for something. Many of those who do not have much of their own call those who own excess goods greedy. This occurs mainly because of how unequal their situations are. One family can be making a minimum wage of $12.00 and barely making ends meet, while another family could be earning a million a year and buying what they please. Now this seems highly unfair and many have called for a change because those…

believe the reason urban poverty has been such a difficult subject for Americans to discuss is because of how devastating it is. In the 1890s, there was a huge difference between the rich and the poor. While the rich were flaunting their fabulous wealth, the working men and women, lived hard lives on low salaries also living in crowded and unpleasant places. These people have to different sides to the situation. As Jacob Riis wrote “ the half that is on top cares little for the struggles, and…

Nowadays, money seems to be most people’s worries, but why exactly do you think so? It's not like money makes the world go round right? Or does it? Money doe splay such a big role in a person's life, that is why knowing how to manage your expenses is extremely important, especially if you're not from a rich family who gets money just by breathing. People tend to do a lot of mistakes when it comes to their money, and that is one of the major reasons why they tend to struggle. Here are some of the…

Nowadays, the majority of people in our society falls into great obsession with materialistic possessions from fancy cars, expensive smart phones to designer clothing, which to some extent is due to the growing increase of consumer culture. It is a pity that they do not attach enough importance to the spiritual parts of life. Of course people are every bit entitled to pursue material enjoyments; however, the point is that people break the balance so that they will not sense the true essence of…

Murphy Institute for Worker Education at SPS, and has served as a higher education officer – first in SUNY and then in CUNY(),” he shows that in American society, “sixty percent of the American population holds less than six percent of the nation’s wealth” in his book, which is Class in American(Mantsios). This means the rich people are holding a great many of dollars than the “poor” people. He also shows that three different kinds of American people’s life styles in his article, and people…