In Wealth and Democracy, Kevin Phillips charts the ongoing American history of great wealth-how it has been accumulated, its shifting sources, and its ups and downs over more than a time span of two centuries. He explores how the rich and politically powerful have frequently worked together to create or perpetuate privilege, often at the expense of the national interest and usually at the expense of the middle and lower classes. The book is filled with intriguing chapters on history and a bold analysis of present-day America. ... Highly readable for all its charts and graphs, Phillips'...

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I will compare the World Bank recommendations on female education from their 2007 Symposium on LDCs with the social realities of urban underclass neighborhoods as described by Edin and Kefalas in their book "Promises I can Keep" (2005). ... Their book represents a conscious attempt to report the typical opinions and thought processes of the real life subjects of living conditions in the urban underclass neighborhoods. ... They have better knowledge on how to prevent various illnesses (HIV, malaria, diabetes, etc.). ...

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Globalize or Die: Affects Everyone and Everything In his book, The Lexus and the Olive Tree, Thomas Friedman wrote: "Globalization is not a phenomenon. ... First we will start with the culturally bad aspects in context with the internet and the so called digital divide between the east, west, rich and poor. ... Thrusting their ideas of what to eat, what music to listen to, and how to dress, making all human practices predictable and therefore profitable. ... We talked a little about how the internet aids human rights violations, but I want to get a little more specific and take a look ...

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The United States government reports on human trafficking every year and government responses to this issue. Countries in this report are rated in 4 tiers based upon the efforts of their government to prevent trafficking. ... For example, according to the CIA world fact book, around 61.94% of people in Chad, among other countries live below the poverty line, living on just $1.25 USD per day. ... Human traffickers trade humans as there is very little start-up cost and humans can be sold repeatedly unlike drugs or weapons making for a business that will be highly profitable and relatively low ri...

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Baumohl declares in his book Homelessness in America "The lives of all people, disabled or not, are embedded in circumstances shaped as much by structural factors as personal and biographical ones" ( 26). ... Baumohl states in his book Homeless in America that "According to this perspective, people were homeless because something was wrong with them- (25). ... Judging from the review of reports received, it appears that those in vulnerable economic situations, upon receiving an economic jolt, in the absence of "social margins" (savings, relatives, extended family, friends.) become homeless. A...

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