Karl Spitzweg, "The Bookworm,"
Dorothea Lange, Migrant Mother
Lewis Hines, Mine Driver
Social Problems
Professor Larry Stern
Reading Assignments, Videos & Web Sites
Unit 6: The Economy: Poverty, Wealth, Inequality & Life-Chances
Readings:
Rebecca Riffkin, “In U.S., 67% Dissatisfied With Income, Wealth Distribution: Democrats and independents are more dissatisfied than Republicans,” Gallup Poll, January 20, 2014
Sabrina Tavernise, "Disparity in Life Spans of the Rich and the Poor Is Growing," New York Times, February 12, 2016
Barbara Ehrenreich, "Nickel and Dimed" (excerpt)
Peter Kaufman, "Exploitation at Home: Matthew Desmond’s Evicted," Everyday Sociology, June 28, 2016
Karen Sternheimer, "Evictions and the Paradox of Poverty," Everyday Sociology, July 1, 2016
"States Adding Drug Test as Hurdle for Welfare", New York Times, October 10, 2011
"The Real Budgets of McDonald's Workers" (view the five slides)
Richard Fry & Paul Taylor, "A Rise in Wealth for the Wealthy; Declines for the Lower 93%"
“Apple Factories accused of exploiting Chinese workers,” The Observer, April 30, 2011
Mary Gabriel, “Who Was Karl Marx?”
Matt Bai, “How Much Has Citizens United Changed the Political Game?”
David Kirkpatrick, “Does Corporate Money Lead to Political Corruption?”
Jay Livingston, “Is Profit the Ultimate Value? On JP Morgan’s $11 billion fine.”
Hart-Landsberg, “Recession Recovery? Most New Jobs are Bad Jobs,”
View these brief videos:
"How the Other Half Lives" (click to watch this)
"America's Distribution of Wealth (1955)"
Visit the following Web Sites:
Child Labor in America 1908-1912
Inequality.org (View "Data and Statistics")
Between a Rock and a Hard Place: A History of American Sweatshops, 1820 - present
Co-op America: Sweatshops: Retailer Scorecard
National Center for Children in PovertyNational Coalition for the Homeless
National Low-Income Housing Coalition - Out of Reach (View data for Texas)
Out of Reach, 2018: National Low Income Housing Coalition
Center for Responsive Politics web, Open Secrets
Pro Publica: Journalism in the Public Interest – Bailout Recipients
Spent. (A web-based interactive game that forces players to make everyday choices for folks who make the minimum wage)