In the middle Ages, alchemists strived to find, "The Philosopher's Stone- which is a fabled stone that had the capability of turning base metals into gold. ... Thus we see a full circle formed, with the transmutation of elements possible in the Middle Ages, the non transmutation of elements in the beginnings of the capitalist age, and back to the transmutation of elements in the 20th century. ... From feudalism, a middle class emerged, from the merchants and guild masters of feudalism. With the "Age of Discovery,"" the middle class became very important, and powerful, able to dicta...

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This means that what the middle class do today, the lower class do tomorrow i.e. If the middle class husbands become more involved in housework then the working class husbands will copy and also become more helpful around the house. ... She collected information from 40 married women who were between the ages of 20 and 30, British or Irish born and had one or more children under the age of 5. She found greater equality in terms of the allocation of domestic tasks between partners in middle rather than working class. However, she also found that few men do a lot of housework or childcare, and ...

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As further observed by this author, an individual's socio-economic class be divided into three broad categories; high, low and middle SES. ... For instance, by as a result of efficient familiar words processing, children aged as low as 2 years who fall under high SES tend to have superior expressive vocabularies than their counterparts who fall under low SES. ... Such variable are often related with being from the Southern culture regardless of gender, age, ethnicity and socio-economic class. ... Moreover, variable in the society also relates to age. ... For instance, issues such as age a...

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According to Blair, the Third Way lays, "Beyond an Old Left preoccupied by state control, high taxation and producer interests; and beyond a new lasses-faire Right championing narrow individualism and a belief that free markets are the answer to every problem". ... At first glance, the above statements made by Tony Blair, could be dismissed as platitudes, or high minded sound bites, after all Blair is noted for and very good at producing hard hitting one line statements of strategy and policy. ... "I can't help recalling J K Galbraith's reply when he was asked what he thought about t...

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For the purposes of this essay, we shall be looking at the academic achievement gaps between the middle and lower classes attending state-funded mixed schools. ... 'Children aged three and coming from families that had a high annual income were twice as likely to succeed as children aged three who come from families with the lowest annual income' (Hill, 2015). ... 'Children aged three and coming from families that had a high annual income have a 50% greater span of vocabulary than children coming from the poorest families. ... From an ethnicity perspective, a study by Manchester...

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In Othello the middle and lower class is largely ignored and devalued. ... The audience was normally middle to upper class due to the context, where only the rich could afford to go to watch these plays. ... During the time of Shakespeare, black people were seen as inferior and did not hold high positions in society, but in Othello, this idea is challenged directly as Othello holds a high position within a white society of Venice. ... We learn of his successes as a commander of the military creating himself such a high position in white society. ... Then when we see a young white girl marry an...

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Pew Research Center found that in 2013, the "Median net worth of upper-income families was 6.6 times greater than that of middle-income families.... Unlike communism, which has repeatedly failed due solely to corruption in the high ranking government, socialism does not have very specific guidelines at all. ... The age of socialism is around the corner and hopefully will be here to stay. ...

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Mimicking the scientists" curiosity, philosophers questioned the basic workings of government and society and in doing so gave rise to the Age of Enlightment. ... The middle-class merchants and farmers resisted paying their taxes, while the poor rioted against these landlords and the insufferable high costs of living that they were subject to. ...

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This economic recession produced high rates of unemployment and poverty. ... The IKA, which provides high pension funds for private sector workers, will decrease from 10 to 30% next year. ... The bourgeoisie then begin to take power away from the lower and middle classes in order to get their economic profits and they use proletarians for political purposes. ...

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There are examples, starting in the middle of the paper, of how political correctness can be harmful. ... Political correctness is a term used to describe the attempts to minimize offenses against racial, ethnic, cultural, gender, age and disabled groups. ...

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