I really like economics, it is an interesting combination of math, behavioral science, and logic, that can be used to make unique observations of the world as we know it. Unfortunately, like most academic disciplines it suffers from its faults. Even though these faults are not unique to economics, instead they are pervasive in many academic disciplines. Nor are the new, as they have been around more or less since the start of modern academics. Yet until they are fixed they need to be continually addressed, so that we can take in to account the inherent bias that comes with them. These faults can be expressed in one phrase “Rich White Men.” This phrase incorporates the three biggest failings in the field of economics. Which are, that most people in the field have a greater level of means than many of those that they choose to study, they are mostly of European Caucasian descent, and that they tend to be male. Qualities that introduce an inherent bias in to their world view. This is not to say that people in the field of economics are …show more content…
This disadvantage includes there ability to get an education. This does not just mean a post secondary degree, but even just a High School Diploma. Then even if they are able to graduate from High School it becomes increasingly unlikely for them to attend College, as they are often unable to afford the cost of University. While at the same time, they often find themselves in a situation where they are forced to start working right out of High School. This stems to social or economic forces that are caused by the lack of money they had growing up. When these forces are taken in to effect, it is clear why it is much more likely to find people of financial means in the field of economics. Those without said means never had the chance to make it that far in
1. What is the difference between a. and a. Inequality became instrumental in privileging white society early in the creation of American society. The white society disadvantaged American Indians by taking their land and established a system of rights fixed in the principle that equality in society depended on the inequality of the Indians. This means that for white society to become privileged, they must deprive the American Indians of what was theirs to begin with. Different institutions such as the social institution, political, economical, and education have all been affected by race.
Many people that in a financially tough situation typically do not have an education past high school. College education or vocational training is not for all people, but people with a lower level education generally are paid less than people with a higher education. People may think that if they get a higher education they will go into hundreds of thousands of dollars of debt, but that is not necessary. They could go to vocational school and save tens of thousands of dollars, compared to going to college. On average a 4 year college cost $127,000 and a vocational school costs $33,000 dollars. If money was a factor in living out an American dream, and a person was afraid of going into debt, a person could have vocational training, and still make a fair living.
less well in school and are more likely to drop out of school. Often, the reason for dropping out
Lack of education can leave those with low-level or no qualifications at all which could lead to the individuals struggling to find full or part time work which results in low or no money whatsoever to be able to
...ades and effort because they are learning in an unmotivated and less competitive environment which later affects their education as well. This unfairly prevents students from gaining the higher education that they had originally applied for which counteracts the purpose of equal opportunity.
White Privilege The belief that white privilege never existed or that it is no longer a problem is skewed by the selective use of facts to support this claim. How do we address this problem? We must define the what is to be privileged, acknowledge the problem and identify a means to fix it. "The idea of privilege- that some people benefit from unearned, and largely unacknowledged, advantages, even when those advantages aren't discriminatory. "
The fact that students from lower income families fail to perform as well in school holds no dispute. Growing up with less money has been proven to create a significant disadvantage. Those struggling to pay their bills often are forced to cut back the money spent on food, leaving kids with only the option of cheaper food with poor nutritional value, or sometimes skipping meals. This inhibits the brain from functioning at its best and can leave students more worried about their growling stomachs than their schoolwork (Ladd, Fiske). Low income students face other distractions from their schoolwork including home struggles like in the movie Freedom Writers. A teacher starts a job...
...e the potential to become great doctors, lawyers, businessmen, or even musicians/artists, but because they do not have the funds available to be properly educated in these fields, they are not able to pursue their dream careers. The biggest consequence that faces the middle class is that they have lost future potential because there isn 't enough money for some of these people to get the education they deserve in order to do great things.. There are still doctors and lawyers out here in the world trying to pay off their debts fifteen years or more after graduating, even though they have their high end job. When sitting at the bank, I overheard a 92 year old man say “I’m loan free now” as he signed his last check over to the bank.This portrays how loans are maleficent. Honestly, the best alternative to a financial aid plan would be to get injured on a college campus.
The primary reason why the poor and working class can not mobilize themselves is that the effort that it takes to do so in most American cities is enormous. However, that is not to say that the burden of activism falls on the middle class or that the working class are too incompetent to mobilize each other. Rather it is the nature of society and our political system which is the biggest obstacle for them. First and foremost the very design of most American cities makes grassroots political movements very inconvienent. This is the result of very poor walkability (which city planners have said is key for municipal communities to grow and thrive) and consequentially few, if any, accessible and culturally intuitive areas to access and mobilize people. In addition to problems relating to city planning, the working class face challenges due to a political system which is set up to insulate from democracy as much as it can get away with. With two major political parties (whose ideas on the most consequential topics seem to be the same and
The crucial importance and relevance of economics related disciplines to the modern world have led me to want to pursue the study of these social sciences at a higher level. My study of Economics has shown me the fundamental part it plays in our lives and I would like to approach it with an open mind - interested but not yet fully informed.
We are well aware that there are wealthy people, and poorer people in today’s world. People strive to be wealthy, but what separates the wealthy from the poor? There are two mindsets between the two groups that holds the key to their failure or success. If notice closely, you will see exactly why the wealthy, and successful people are capable of living up to their full potential, and why the poverty are living in a poorer environment. In order to be wealthy and succeed in life, you don’t need a miracle, nor do you need a lot of money to get there. What Is essential, is having a positive attitude, and the right mindset. As a result, the right positive mind set will bring in exactly what you’re thinking and wanting. Wheatear that be good or bad thoughts. Here are 3 main differences in the mindsets between the wealthier groups, and the poverty groups.
Unschooled people tend to be the outcasts of society and typically hold the least desirable jobs. Education is not only essential to attain a better paying job, but also elevates your individual status in society. Being knowledgeable changes the way others will perceive you and how they accept you. For those that don’t come from a fortunate background, education makes everything equal. Since education today is more accessible than years past, individuals from a less high social class are now able to compete with a larger number of professions. Having had a fine education places you on the same level as many others, which gives you an advantage to climb up on the social scale, lowering social inequality. For instance, Linda Chavez, the author of “We Were Poor, but I Didn’t Know It” and Cesar Diaz, author of “The Effects of Rio Grande Valley on a Scholarship Boy”, were both raised in a lower social class. They did not have much growing up but discovered that education was the key to
Low income and low academic is to an issue. Students drop out of college. They sometimes drop out of college because they don’t have enough money to pay for college.
Countries have a tendency to follow pretty much the same pattern when they go from being a poor nation to being wealthy. They first get an increase in wealth which helps in the whole not being poor process. They could suddenly farm more valuable food, develop a groundbreaking technology, or they could suddenly receive a massive amount of dinero from a foreign body. The country then has the money necessary to make investments in departments like infrastructure, health, and education further increasing productivity and creating more wealth. After gaining even more wealth the country can once again use the new wealth to make serious investments, entering into a cycle in which investments create more wealth and wealth is used to fund more investments and so eventually, the country becomes extremely wealthy. But if the country is never able to gain wealth like this then how will they ever become wealthy? The countries that can’t gain any wealth remain stuck in extreme poverty, unable dig themselves out without help. Countries stuck in extreme poverty are revealed by many different trends, including sucky infrastructure, poor health, overpopulation, a government who only cares about itself, etc. Many of these trends of poverty actually make things exponentially worse by repelling foreign entities who might want to help. So as a result the poorest nations tend to get even poorer.
Disadvantage of poverty can be that in cases where the household has so many individuals who are perhaps dependant to a single parent, can result in an older child deciding to drop out to school that is if they ae attend to at least look for a job to help the parent. This in a way gives a child the responsibility to act as an elder which is not acceptable because it is denying the child the opportunity to go to school and work towards their dreams like any other child in South