Wealth and Power in the United States Paper

Description

You are writing a letter to the editor to a prestigious national newspaper or magazine. Your purpose is to discuss a current issue in the United States as related to the distribution and concentration of wealth in the United States. · Write a 500- to 750 paper, modeled after a letter to the editor, in which you address the following points: o Select one current issue to use as an example of the distribution and concentration of wealth in the United States. o Explain how we define power, wealth, class, and influence in the United States. o Describe how class theories best explain the distributions and concentrations of power, wealth, class, and influence in the United States. o Discuss why it is important to understand these differences, and how they influence the policy process.