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Stiglitz: Article Analysis

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The main purpose of this article was to inform the reader about the “1%”. In other words, this essay was further explaining the meaning behind the title. The author, Stiglitz, started out saying that around 25 years ago the U.S richest were the 1% of americans and had 33% of the wealth. The main gist of this article is to inform the fault in the U.S democracy and to open the eyes of the reader and to be knowledged about the 1% of the richest and how they are “ruling” everything. The author also mentions how this problem will continue to get worse and says “an economy like America’s—is not likely to do well over the long haul”. Even he knows the future looks a bit sketchy because of this problem. He ended the essay in a particular way meaning
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