This week we will begin our third unit centering on inequality and the American Dream. To do so we will read two texts in conversation with one another, Paul Krugman's "Why We're in a New Gilded Age" and Robert Putnam's Our Kids: The American Dream in Crisis. Both Krugman and Putnam are interested in inequality, but Krugman is principally interested in income inequality while Putnam is primarily interested in inequality of opportunity. These distinctions will become clearer as we discuss these works over the next few weeks.
Monday:
Paul Krugman, "Why We're in a New Gilded Age"
Before you read the article look up the following terms in a dictionary: labor, capital, income, wages.
Triple Entry Reflection Journal
Working Draft of Essay #2
Wednesday:
Robert Putnam, Our Kids: The American Dream in Crisis, 1-45
Friday:
Third TLC/GLA must be completed.
Study Question
Study Question (Wednesday):
1. According to Putnam what is the American dream? What are the causes of its decline?
