Working Class Hero

Andrew Carnegie, Henry Ford, and J. P Morgan, men who built the foundations of the industrial age; used cutthroat tactics, double-crossed their allies, and pushed the blue-collar workers to the brink. These men created an empire that overworked the working class, while justifying it by saying, laissez-faire, or “let it be,” causing the government to back down, because it would cause for an inefficient economy. Their primary motivation was to make a profit. They abused the system to the point…

The Industrial Revolution changed more than industry. Industrialization is the process of a country or nation relying on manufactured goods rather than agricultural ones. From the mid eighteenth to early nineteenth century, an industrial explosion occurred. This was the Industrial Revolution. It began in Britain with the expansion of coal and textile industries. This spread throughout western Europe and areas of North America and lead to a trend of manufacturing goods. By the twentieth century…

Traugott’s Organizational Hypothesis In his book, Armies of the Poor, Mark Traugott looks at the revolution in France from February 1848 to June 1848. Traugott’s goal is to explain his organizational hypothesis reasoning behind the Revolution of 1848. Traugott draws on the works of Tilly, Lees, and Chorley for his analysis. Traugott’s main argument is that the organizational hypothesis he puts forward can account for most, if not all the similarities and differences between the two groups…

Could an entire continent be the cause of the downfall of one of the greatest dynasties? The Qing was a very isolated dynasty. One that thought very highly of themselves and low of anyone else. Could a push for trade cause the downfall of a country? The Qing was very restricted on trade. They always had to get the upper hand and would only trade with certain countries. Could an entire revolution cause a violent uprising in a country? The west was most responsible for ending Chinas dynastic rule…

The Sociological Hand to Communism in Black and White Society is obsessed with perfecting the world. From photoshopping beauty to creating robots to work for free, all of humanity is devoted and desperate to create a Utopia. They go to drastic measures to erase any trace of human imperfection and difference. In The Giver, the reader explores the Utopian state created by author, Lois Lowry. In this state there is not a trace of fear, pain, war, or hatred. There is no competition for social status…

Welfarism The word ‘welfarism’ as a midway between capitalism and socialism is said to have been “coined by the British economist John Hicks, and introduced into contemporary debate about social justice by Amartya Sen; and connotes that the distribution of economic goods is evaluated by the effect it has on the welfare of the persons concerned” (Web 29/03/2017). In a similar way, Omoregbe in his book, Social – Political Philosophy, states that “welfarism as a ‘midway’ between capitalism and…

of being a productive citizen. Partying, taking drugs, criminal activity, and child neglect, just to name a few. All of which have numerus organizations willing to help, but are often not taken advantage of. Not only do these people refrain from working, but some groups are even encouraged by the government by subsides and grants. Why work hard when one can party or become a couch potato and get payed by the government. Summary of “The Missing Man” Over the years there has been a decrease in…

think about the social economic structure of the world, created and led the communist revolutions and indirectly led some of the most influential revolutions in history. Karl Marx changed the way people thought about social economics, the social class system, and capitalism forever, by opening people’s mind to a new way of thinking. “Marx’s philosophy has led to fruitful thought in areas other than social and economic thought” (Barry 4). Some of the things Marx was saying were more than words…

The second area that has had a substantial impact on shaping the US labor policy is the Mackay Doctrine. The Mackay Doctrine is a decision that was made by the Supreme Court in 1938 in relation to the workers at the Mackay Radio & Telegraph Co. “Mackay”. Employees at Mackay were dissatisfied and voted to strike. While they were on strike, the company replaced some of the workers with employees from other facilities. When the workers decided to end the strike and return, the company allowed all…

• New Opportunities from the Integration of Production and Distribution: The expansion of the railroad network linked the far-flung regions of the United States into a national market, making it possible for firms in industries characterized by economies of scale to lower their unit costs by concentrating production in large facilities. In such industries the average size of the production unit rose over time and the number of firms declined. At the same time, the level of geographic…