The high rate of people in need of a job is very insufficient because the lack of access to land, also which makes it very tough to build buildings and open up more job markets. A history of inappropriate economic policies contributed to high unemployment and a high proportion of the labor force. ... Most of the women and children under the age of 15 years of age is 60% employed, 30% go to school, and the other 10% are dropouts. ... The Philippines ranked at the lower middle-income economies. ...

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In which are determined by the conditions in which people are born, work, and live, age, and wider set of forces and systems and shaping the conditions of daily life. ... They have to pay copayments and deductibles and high cost of medicines. ... Researches have stated that black and white women with less than a high school education were more likely to turn out to be single along with high infant mortality rates. ... It is always going to be that confliction of the lower and middle class and the upper class and the disputes amongst them. ...

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Phillips is widely acknowledged as one of the nation's most perceptive thinkers, he turns his attention to the United States' history of great wealth and power, from the American Revolution to what he calls "the Second Gilded Age" at the turn of the twenty-first century. "The Second Gilded Age" has been staggering enough in its concentration of wealth to dwarf the original Gilded Age a hundred years earlier. ... 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 usual...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

It was a problem that was on the rise then and now is even more so as by 2007 the gap had increased to an outrageously high 400 to 1. ... " This concept is unfair to the middle class, the rich are taking advantage of a system in a way that only they can. ... According to Census data by the Economic Policy Institute "Adults over the age of 20 make up 88 percent of all workers who would receive a raise if the federal minimum wage were raised." That fact shows that raising the minimum wage to reflect inflation would result in giving adults over the age of 20 many of which are raisi...

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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Another solution to the age-old problem of poverty was offered by Ray Boshara in his article for the Atlantic Monthly entitled "The Six-Thousand Dollar Solution." ... This endowment, if invested wisely, would grow to more than $20,000 by the time the child graduated from high school. ... In a time when capitol stock has shrunk, retirement benefits are insecure, health costs are rising and job security is fading, Schwab sees the middle class beginning to demand that attention be paid to the problem of poverty. ... At least the subject is being discussed, and should be given a high priority ...

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England's capital, London, is looked upon as one of the most interesting European cities. It is full of history and legends. Many people travel to London every year to take in the beautiful scenery and the rich culture. However, in William Blake's poem, London, the city is portrayed very differentl...

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• Grade Level: High School