Summary Of The Jungle By Upton Sinclair

Is money good in the hands of the few or the hands of the many? In the Jungle by Upton Sinclair, tackles the subject of the wage gap and rich vs. poor. Is the wage gap still an issue? Is the distribution of wealth an issue? Finally, Is capitalism a bad form of economy? These are all questions The Jungle tackled back in the early 1900s. Today these issues are still unsolved; politics are based on one concept: The distribution of wealth. The distribution of wealth was hard to deal with back then and even now.

In the Jungle, there are many examples of capitalists taking advantage of not just their wealth but also people. “The Majority of human beings are not yet human beings at all, but simply machines for creating of wealth for others.”(Sinclair

Many people have suggested capitalism be more checked or that the economy swifts more toward socialism for the betterment of society. However, many people don’t want to look at many issues and see how they can fix them.“An overview of the fundamental economic issue on jobs, lack of economic mobility and opportunities is given” (Zuckerman, EBSCOhost). In the article, Zuckerman explores not just the distribution but also tackles that many poor individuals aren’t full-time, part-time, or at all. “Many of the poor are not working, full time or at all. The level of job losses in the minimum-wage category is the critical issue of our day. It is much more difficult for someone with nothing to rise to higher levels on the economic scale. Inequality is feeding on itself.”(Zuckerman) that leads to the next point. “So the first question we’re interested is what do people think is the wealth distribution in the U.S. and we basically asked them to say how much do you think of the Wealth is owned by the top 20 percent, the next 20 percent, the next 20. And what we found was that people dramatically. Underestimated how much wealth the wealthy have, but also dramatically overestimate how much money poor have. The second question we’re interested in was if you gave people the right to design the distribution of wealth in the U.S., how would it look like? You know, we often think about distribution of wealth in the question of efficiency, of the

After all, only the strongest survive. It’s a rule of nature however, Some Capitalists use their wealth to hurt others and out-compete competition. As a result, Capitalism causes many other issues in society, such as: Racism, inequality of all kinds, and discrimination. As Muldoon reviewed a book called Capitalism in America: A History “The authors examine the current state of our capitalist system. “The looks at people who have shaped our economy as well, with a focus on how these players contributed to the driving force of creative destruction, which the authors argue is a key component of productivity growth and innovation.”(Muldoon) Capitalism is the constant need to make more money. Capitalism leads to many issues such as racism, inequality, income, etc. However, Capitalism is the reason why America is a superpower. Moreover it is a question of how do the rich deal with their wealth? “The article argues on ideas of fairness and freedom as a part of contemporary America’s public morality, Topics discussed include pleasures of giving and exercising one’s faculties in a market economy, extent and intensity of competition in a mature capitalist society and distribution of income and individual inheritance of wealth” (Scialabba). Many capitalists often do what they want because they have money to do so. Many capitalists are to a degree, selfish. It is justified, however many worked hard to