The income inequality and discrimination problem in the United States

QUESTION

The outline of your final project should contain your thesis statement, and the remainder should be a full-sentence outline where you specifically show how your paper will flow.

Note: A full-sentence outline differs from bullet points because each section of the outline must be a complete sentence. Each part may only have one sentence in it. Capital letters are ideas that support the thesis.

Your outline must contain a minimum of 12 full sentences as follows.

• The thesis statement of the paper (2 sentences minimum)
• 4 key points to support the thesis statement:
  • What is the issue and why is it significant? (2 full sentences minimum to clarify this point)
  • How would your first philosopher address your issue? (2 full sentences minimum to clarify this point)
  • How would your second philosopher address your issue? (2 full sentences minimum to clarify this point)
  • How would you apply your philosophers’ principles to your issue in modern society? (2 full sentences minimum to clarify this point)
• Conclusion (2 sentences minimum)

ANSWER

Income Inequality and Discrimination

Introduction

Thesis Statement: The income inequality and discrimination problem in the United States is as a result of the government’s level of investment in the development of human capital being low. The best solution to the problem is increasing this investment in order to improve the competence and skills of citizens and to enable them to enjoy a level playing field in the employment scene.

1. Body paragraph
2. Discrimination and income inequality are some of the most controversial and current issues in the United States society and in many countries of the world.
3. Many employees in the United States earn less than $ 10 per hour, especially those working in the service industry, such as cashiers, fast food employees, and nurse’s assistants (Braun, 1997).
4. The income gap that exists between the low earners and the high earners in the United States continues to expand (Saez & Zucman, 2016).

• Body Paragraph

1. Aristotle believed in numerical and proportional equality, where people should be treated indistinguishably or granted the same quantity of a good per capita (Barnes, 1984).
2. Aristotle would argue that it is the role of the government to ensure equal treatment of employees.
3. Aristotle associated distribution of wealth with the nature of political institutions and would expect the political powers to resolve inequality (Barnes, 1984).
4. Body paragraph
5. Plato seems to condone inequality based on gender stereotypes (Annas, 1981).
6. Plato viewed women as a weaker gender and grouped them together with children and slaves, in The Republic (Plato, 1991).
7. Plato would justify gender-based income inequality on the grounds of women being weaker and would defend Greek stereotypes and attitudes against women.
8. Body Paragraph
9. Application of the philosophers’ principles
10. Plato’s principles would not help in the resolution of income inequality and discrimination in the United States, as they seem to condone the unfair treatment of employees based on gender.
11. Aristotle upholds the treatment of employees equally and believed that the government needs to ensure equal treatment of employees.
12. Conclusion
13. Income inequality has been caused by changes in the labor market and can be resolved through the government’s efforts to increase investment in skill development and training (Murphy & Topel, 2016).
14. The level of investment in training and development has a direct impact on the supply of skills and wage levels of employees (Goldin, 2016).
15. The high level of income disparity and discrimination in the United States is the result of the inability of human capital investment to match the rising demand for skilled employees (Murphy & Topel, 2016).

References

Annas, J. (1981). An introduction to Plato’s Republic.

Barnes, J. (Ed.). (1984). Complete works of Aristotle, volume 1: The revised Oxford translation (Vol. 96). Princeton University Press.

Braun, D. D. (1997). The rich get richer: The rise of income inequality in the United States and the world. Wadsworth Publishing Company.

Goldin, C. (2016). Human capital. Handbook of cliometrics, 55-86.

Murphy, K. M., & Topel, R. H. (2016). Human capital investment, inequality, and economic growth. Journal of Labor Economics, 34(S2), S99-S127.

Plato, A. B. (1991). The Republic of Plato. New York: Basic Books.

Saez, E., & Zucman, G. (2016). Wealth inequality in the United States since 1913: Evidence from capitalized income tax data. The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 131(2), 519-578.