SOC 302 Week 6 Assignment 6

1. Using at least eight articles from part six of the text, discuss the ever-widening chasm between the rich and the poor in the US. Is the tremendous wealth and power at the of our top 1% justifiable? Is the loss of economic power by the poorest 40% a result of personal failure or social structure? What are the social consequences of power being anchored in class? (1000-2000 words)

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Within the United States we are seeing an evolving trend within our social class system. While we once celebrated a society where middle class was the largest social class with the poor and the rich being smaller classes, we have now moved toward a structure where middle class is growing smaller and smaller. As a result, we have an extremely large lower...

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