America and the Flip-Side of Underemployment and Inflation
Page 1: Write about topic: Historically the majority of Americans have lived to work. With the down -swing in the economy and high rates of unemployment what are the adverse effects being experienced by so many people? Ex. stress, marriage, and relationship problems.
Page 2: read my peers response to topic (same as page 1). What you write: tell what you liked, agree with about her response to topic.
Response: Not being able to work due to the status of the economy and a rising unemployment rate causes incredible amounts of stress. Clearly, this type of stress stems from different avenues for different people. For example, those who are in a position where they are supposed to be providing for a family but can’t, experience immense amounts of stress due to fear of not feed their children. They also may feel like failures (not that they can control the economy) simply because they aren’t able to contribute to their financial security on a daily basis. This can cause marital arguments and broken relationships. On the other hand, young, single adults may experience stress on relationships simply because they can’t afford to go out with friends or pay for expensive dinner dates due to being unemployed or under-employed. Not only is this frustrating socially and relationally, but mentally and emotionally it can impact your health. Overall, many people feel a sense of worth in terms of work and career and when this is taken away, especially when out of one’s control, it can severely impact quality of life.
Page 3: Read lecture and write 300 page about what you learned, this is mode 10 In attachments
Page 4: Discuss and answer: All my life I was told that the more education I had the better I would make it through my life time and that an education was one thing no one could ever take away from me. What do you feel are the most positive aspects of more education? Why? What about the people with little or no education? Where do they fit into society?
Page 5: Read lecture and write 300 page about what you learned. This is module 11 in attachments
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October 23, 2016
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America and the Flip-side of Underemployment and Inflation
Historically, most Americans in the higher echelons have worked hard to get where they are right now (or where they were). Because of that the promise of “social mobility†– getting in the higher ranks – have seduced more people to work harder to achieve what they want. However, there’s one problem in this equation. Social mobility would only work in places with a lot of opportunities. This could be said as true during the earlier days of our nation, but these days, I could argue that social mobility is, for most instances, nothing more than a way for the capitalists to create ‘docile bodies’. This argument comes from the fact that today’s economy is mainly characterized by high rates of inflation and underemployment. Closing in to the ‘human side’, these phenomena could bring a great deal of stress and anxiety not only psychologically, but also physically, socially, and emotionally speaking. This stress comes from a ‘cycle’ of hard work, failure, frustration, and back to hard work again. This might seem a little pessimistic, but the truth is most people would dedicate 10 hours of their lives for work, greatly hoping that it would help them achieve their dreams. Then after some time, when psychological and physical exhaustion already comes in even without the slightest view of their goal, frustration comes in. By repeating this cycle and the two phenomena described above, most Americans are now trapped in the promise of “social mobilityâ€.
Repose to my peer’s topic
The economy affects everyone
Inflation and under-employment have really impacted the quality of life of most Americans. Personally, I know a lot of people who feels the same frustration that you were referring to. The frustration of not being able to make ends meet or go out with your friends can really have a significant impact on one’s psychological, physical, and emotional health. According to statistics, there are also a lot of couples who have been divorced due to financial problems and the anxiety that it brings to every member of one’s family. To further this problem, a lot of children are even at risk of being uneducated. Because of this, not only will the parents be stressed (due to not being able to provide for their children’s needs) but also the child. More specially when they grow up and end up not having any job because of their lack of education. Generally, I totally agree with your idea about the relationship of the swings in our economy and its effects on those people who experiences the downside of it. However, I also believe that its effects can also be felt by people in the upper class of the society, just in a different way. I think that these swings can bring frustration and anxiety when their revenues are not hitting their target marks. For most of us this might not seem like a problem at all. But who knows? Perhaps this could still being that much emotional stress to them like the stress that we feel when we cannot make ends meet. Overall, I believe that the effects of the swings in our economy can be felt not only by the people in the middle and lower classes but also by those in the upper class.
Ever since the advent of capitalism in the American society (and other Western societies), prime importance is given to efficiency and the profitability in terms of reducing the cost of production and increasing the quantity of the produce. One of the most apparent phenomena that serve as an example of this is globalization. Globalization refers the to the phenomena in which multinational corporations transfer their production lines in other counties – usually in third world countries – where the production cost is less. However, this posed a lot of social and economic problems, not only on the part of the Americans, but al...