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The Rich And The Rest Summary

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To really understand social stratification we have to go back in the mid- 1700s during the rise of industrial Revolution which led to increased social stratification. The invention of new machinery like the steam engine in a period where things were mostly made by hand helped catapult this ideology as factory owners hired workers who came to rural areas in search of better job opportunities and lifestyle. These owners made their workers works under harsh conditions and for long periods of time for extremely low wages and this exploitation made the owners extremely wealthy thus widening the gap between the working class and the wealthy. Good representation of this model in today’s society is the caste system India uses to …show more content…

“If the rate of economic mobility the ability of people to improve their economic station was higher, he says our growing income disparity might not be such a problem.” (Pazzanese pg 1). Here, the author is lamenting about the difficulty of haves not to better there situation and put themselves in a position where they can be as equally …show more content…

“ your zip code and the exact characteristics of your parents seem to matter more” (katz pg 1). This is really evident as the rich kids don’t attend the same schools and don’t have access to the same resources since the school system is made in such a way that kids attend the schools closest to where they reside. Moreover, kids living in rich neighborhoods their schools get better funding sport equipment, state of the art infrastructures and amenities. Additionally, with certainty we can say this assumption reflect ideologies like capitalism which promote disparities in the educational system, income, health care etc. Christopher Jencks goes ahead and states that “All the cost and risks of capitalism seem to have been shifted largely to those who work rather than those who invest.” Amongst most governments the US government seems to do far less compared to other democracies to even out the disparity in income between the haves and the haves

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