article exam

Sources:

“Inequality and the American Dream.” The Economist.com, 15 Jun 2016, www.economist.com/leaders/2006/06/15/inequality-and-the-american-dream.

Kornbulh, Karen. “Win-Win Flexibility: A Policy Proposal.” NewAmerican.org, New America Foundation, June 2005,

www.newamerica.org/documents/356/win-win-flexibility-a-policy-proposal.

Suroowiecki, James. “A Fair Days Wage.” NewYorker.com¸ 9 Feb. 2015, www.newyorker.com/magazine/2015/02/09/fair-days-wage.

Prompt

The Economist editorial discusses the general trend in America of increasing economic inequality and its relationship to the American Dream of making it big, ending with suggestions for government safety-net programs. The Kornbluh and Surowiecki essays also note increasing inequality and propose or argue for specific policies on the part of companies to aid in the lives of their employees.

Basing your response on the readings, answer the following question: To what extent do you think that employers or the government should intervene to improve the lives of ordinary Americans? Which of the proposed remedies do you think will have the most positive effects on people and best address economic inequality? What other consequences might any of these remedies have? You may also argue for a different proposal after first arguing against the ones proposed in the readings. Be sure that your resulting essay includes and addresses ideas from all three of the sources and cites them appropriately.

Follow these guidelines below in completing your response

1) Write on regular notebook paper. Your instructor will inform you how to format the exam in terms of where to place your MSU ID number and course section number.

2) Strive to produce a 400- to 500-word response.

3) Write on one side of the paper and skip every other line.

4) Write in ink only. Should you need to make changes in your draft, draw two or three lines through any changes/deletions you wish to make. Arrows indicating insertions are acceptable provided their path is easy to follow.

5) Demonstrate your understanding of MLA citation form by using in-text citations (Number the pages “1” and “2” to indicate the front and back of an article if necessary). Construct a Works Cited page based upon the citations at the top of the first page of the test prompt under the title of the article. Instead of copying the long url, you are permitted to shorten it to the elements in blue bold face.

6) You may make use of a dictionary and thesaurus during the exam period