We could expect a raise in the monthly taxes that we pay in exchange for free healthcare, free college tuition, free assisted living for the elderly, among other benefits that we do not receive in a capitalist nation. ... " The far more fortunate would be required to pay a higher percentage of their income to taxes than the poor. Also, there would be far more steady jobs available. In a capitalist economy, the most secure jobs are usually from the largest, wealthiest corporations, and some businesses obviously do not succeed, leaving many people unemployed with no source of income. ... Ev...

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I shall also pay attention to how these theories and concepts relate to the current situation in Australia, with a focus on work/occupations as well as gender differences. ... To attract the talented people to the valued occupations, they must therefore hold higher rewards such as a larger amount of prestige, greater pay, and more social privleges. ... The occupations of the people in the middle class are largely varied, but are basically occupations which require intellectual thought, and are therefore non-manual jobs. ... This is due to the fact that occupations within the middle class...

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However, people then pay out extra from their incomes due to increased taxes in order to receive pensions in the future. ... In the news article, labor unions held strikes to push the governmental responsibilities in order to bring economic reform and teachers especially protested strongly against the government of the country over "job cuts and other austerity measures" (Kitsantonis 2013). These strikes brought huge crowds of people to the streets and made them pay more attention to the issues in Greece. ...

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Bowles and Gintis in "Schooling in Capitalist America" (1976, p. 110), reject the view that we all compete on equal terms and claim that the children of the wealthy and powerful tend to obtain highly rewarding jobs, irrespective of their abilities. ... Marxists reject the view that we all compete on equal terms and claim that the children of wealthy and powerful tend to obtain highly rewarding jobs, irrespective of their abilities. ... The marxist and socialist perspectives positions much of the blame for their oppression on patriarchy, but also the capitalist society; however, the socialist...

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Capitalism best describes the contemporary economic and political systems in the world. These systems are characterized by private enterprise, that is, a country's economy is controlled by individuals whose aim is to make profits. Such private enterprises can only thrive where government policies pr...

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The Bourgeoisie do not produce anything for society; instead they live off the earnings that come out of paying the Proletariat less. ... Her father's job as a stockbroker is affirmative of the Victorian and modern capitalist system and especially the free market that he describes as " pure mathematics the higher mathematics of the game. ...

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This in itself leads to many of the things that make up a state being established, for example the military and some form of control, for instance taxation to pay for wars and the afore mentioned military. In the past it could be said that the sate existed to wage war on behalf of its leader, but now the job of the state is much more important. ...

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Reformists maintain that gradual petty reforms are enough for the advance towards socialism where a socialist state will emerge from such achievements as pensions, the nationalisation of one industry or another, or of transport, and pay rises. ...

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