Friday, December 12, 2008

Class Warfare

What does new thriftiness say about class structure? The Working class aspired to become middle class; the middle aspired the upper. But now resentment, especially resentment against luxury spending, is spreading like wild fire. Will this resentment inject rigidity and tension into class dynamics?

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Another interesting article only mildly related to class/wealth differences in the world. This one's about the value of life and what one should ethically donate to save lives. It's one of my favorites-- and by the author constantly referred to by our sophomore year CC professor.

-- Sam

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/17/magazine/17charity.t.html