What Social Classes Owe to Each Other
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- First published
- 1883
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William Graham Sumner asks how far one social class can claim support from another, and what duties government owes its citizens. His discussion treats the state as the people acting through public servants, with funds supplied by labor and saving. The chapters address poverty, wealth, personal responsibility and the figure he calls the Forgotten Man. The setting for these arguments is the social and economic life of the United States.
The treatment of wages adds detail to his defense of individual responsibility. Sumner considers contracts, business risks and the unequal access employers and employees have to useful information. He also argues that workers need association to protect their interests in bargaining.
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Book facts
- Author
- William Graham Sumner
- First published
- 1883
- Reading time
- About 2 hours
- Pages
- 60
- Language
- English
- Genre
- Sociology
- Formats
- PDF, EPUB, Read online