Argue and demonstrate through examples whether and how public policy affects the class system in the United States, including your own state.

The book reading about Public Policy and the Class System proposes and exemplifies through historical examples that public policy strongly affects the class system in the United States as in other countries.

In particular, the additional reading Top Heavy:

Increasing Inequality of Wealth in America and What Can Be Done about It posits and demonstrates that tax policy decisively impacts the class system by impacting wealth inequality in the United States.

Similarly, the two video lessons suggest that public and social policy has important effects on the class system in the United States.

Discussion Question:

Argue and demonstrate through examples whether and how public policy affects the class system in the United States, including your own state.

 

Instructions

The standard reminder of instructions is as follows:

Discussions should rest primarily on the textbook in general. This in particular includes providing text support such as citations or data from the textbook and additional readings.

Discussions should be factual and informed based on facts or scientific theories as distinct from personal or popular opinions without such a basis.

Grammar:

basis grammar should be satisfactory in accordance with academic or professional writing versus social-media and personal writing.

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