Sunday, April 11, 2010

Post 3

Topic 2:

It is important to worry about rising inequality because economical inequality leads to social inequality. In Paul Krugman's Confronting Inequality, sociaL inequality is common because alot of families in america can't afford expensive lifestyles, causing families to change there social classes.

i would agree with the statement that " people get rewarded for their effort," if it was true.There are some people out there, who work 3 jobs a week struggling to support their families, and there is no asureance that their job is safe from other people looking to work for a lower wage. Or people who working to hard for companiese, that know they can take advantage of this, because the workers can't afford to quit.
People can't afford expensive lifestlye because they need every penny they have to survive and to save up. Inequality affects everyone because everyone is struggling to survive. So everyone is going job hunting and making it harder to get jobs, and even when we do get the jobs, they pay us low because there is alot of other workers to pay.

1 comment:

  1. Hi Efrain - I'm curious about the economic vs. social inequality you're referring to: can you explain these two terms in your own language and explain why they're important?

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