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The article discusses how a class analysis makes understand the massive inflation in housing prices. Topics discussed include capitalism and liberal democracy that is defined by class, capitalist economy that runs balancing act between wages and profits that are kept high, and fascist politics that can be characterized as a movement.

What is popularly referred to as "consumer motivation" has been getting more and more attention in recent years. Research in this area promises to be an important milestone in the history of marketing. Despite the interest in the subject and its potential importance, however, information necessary for understanding it has not been easy to obtain. This difficulty has been due in large measure to the varied and sometimes complicated nature of the work, and the fact that much of it has been done on a private basis. Also, the field is very young; it has little literature of its own, and no integrated rationale has crystallized. The author is currently investigating this subject. While his field work is in its early stages, certain observations are made here in an effort to invite thought, and suggestions are given for the businessman who wishes to learn more by reading. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

The Marxist critic, as appears in the pages of the newspaper "New Masses," is an extremely complicated animal. Though he has cut himself off from the bourgeois critics, a number of vestigial traces of the bourgeois intellectual life still cling to him. Moreover, he has not abjured the literary back-scratching which goes on in high-powered capitalist literary circles. A somewhat sordid series of incidents which recently stained the fair face of the New It asses indicates quite clearly that personal friendship can still play a part in the literary judgments of the proletarian critic.

The article puts forward the analysis of Marxism and other closely related political and economic doctrines right from Revisionist controversy of the 1890s. The article presents the clarification that there are in the world today three main kinds of Marxist theory and practice. There is the Social Democratic variant, upheld by a number of Marxist parties, chiefly in Western Europe. The adherents of this school cling to a general framework of Marxist terminology and doctrine, and continue to teach Marxist economics, including the theory of surplus value, the assertion of the class struggle as the main factor in historical development, and the materialist conception of history that affirms the predictability of the future.

The article discusses the concept of homonationalism and the resistance of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people to Islamophobia and so-called pinkwashing. Topics covered include the antagonism between France and the Islamic world, the Black Lives Matter movement, and the possible importance for LGBT people of combining class analysis and political economy with the study of race, gender and sexuality under neoliberalism. Also cited is the marginalization of millions of people.

The article looks at leftist political analysis and strategy in Great Britain from the 1980s on and at the prospects for a renewal of a successful leftist direction for the British Labour Party in the context of the country's planned withdrawal from the European Union, or Brexit. It discusses the contrast between identity politics and class-based politics.

The article offers the author's insights on Jennifer Lee's article published in the journal "Overland" issue 208 on identity politics. The author says that the idea of privilege implies not only benefits accumulated to one's social position but a certain obliviousness to the benefits. She discusses the transformation of personal experience into political struggle, sexism in women, and the lack of class analysis in Lee's argument.

The article discusses a 2011-2012 program at Shady Hill School in Massachusetts to encourage discussion of U.S. socioeconomic class amongst students and parents. The economic and social conditions of parents and students are discussed, as well as the effect of finance on family relationships. Parental involvement in education, parents' working status, and parent meetings with school staff to discuss class and race dynamics are mentioned, as well as social justice education and school policies.

A literary criticism is presented of the book "Class Questions: Feminist Answers," by Joan Acker. It is said that Acker unifies Marxist analysis of class with feminist theory. Topics include the relations of race and gender to class, criticism of the Marxist notion of class, and the nature of economic inequality.

This essay discusses the growing income disparity between the top 1% of the wealthiest citizens and the rest of the population, focusing on how the economic data from the 2008-2009 financial crisis predicts a disappearing middle class in the U.S. Wages and consumer spending figures of most of the population and the rich are compared. The author addresses solutions to the class income disparity, including speeding up the pace of innovation, raising taxes on the rich, and investing in education.

The article focuses on the class analysis of Karl Marx. According to libertarian historian Ralph Raico, Marx has derived class analysis from the classical liberals and inverted it from its original purpose in which left-liberals have turned the anti-statist, anti-taxation and anti-monopoly thrust of the analysis on its head. Meanwhile, modern libertarians have attempted to regain the original vision of the analysis such as economist and historian Murray N. Rothbard.

Presents an interview with Philip Levine, a writer and publisher of poetry. When asked about if he recognize a tension or feeling of separation in his position being successful, he answered no. Levine believes that the connection between class and poetry diminishes constantly. He comments on the claims that his poetry often opens itself to Marxist readings and points that communism is an economic theory that grants the ownership to those who do the work.

Abstract: Longitudinal or otherwise correlated categorical variables are typically related to some covariates and exhibit nonignorable correlations of the observed variables. A further complication often consists in missing entries. For analyzing such data, it is proposed to create an extra missing category and to employ latent class analysis which, regarding missing data, can be shown to belong to the family of nonmissing at random models. By treating the complete and the incomplete cases jointly, it becomes possible to estimate the parameters of interest along with additional parameters characterizing the missing mechanism. Data from the Muscatine Coronary Risk Factor Study, where each child was classified obese or not obese at three occasions, serve as an illustrative example. Previous analyses resulted in significant interaction of age and sex for the complete data , and in a linear increase in the logit of the rate of obesity over time for the incomplete data, with no effect of the covariate sex . Reanalyses employing latent class models do not support these findings. The finally accepted two-classes model for the complete data assumes a linear effect of age which is the same for boys and girls. The incomplete data were considered three-categorical (not obese, obese, missing) and resulted in a more complex model only in part supporting the linear age hypothesis. [Copyright &y& Elsevier]

Discusses the economic aspect of class in the U.S. Distribution of income in the country; Failure of capitalism; Contribution of the tax system to inequality; Overestimation of the welfare of the poor; Rise in the transfer of wealth and income since the election of President George W. Bush in 2000; Erosion of taxes on the state level.

Discusses the developments in the social class of women in the U.S. Increase in the overall labor force participation of women; Changes in the gender make-up of occupations; Upward mobility of U.S. women workers with college degree; Wages of women workers; Reasons for the poverty of women.

Discusses the retreat from race and class in the U.S. Appeals of politicans for racial justice; Connections between race and raciology; Predictions of sociologist Orlando Patterson on racism; Significance of class in determining the life chances of African Americans.

Discusses the various aspects of class in the U.S. Measurement of wealth in the U.S.; Barriers restricting upward class mobility; Analysis of the relationship of society with power, conflict, and change.

This article examines the perceptions of U.S. citizens toward social classes in the U.S. The article infers that class plays an important role in American life as U.S. citizens continue to be optimistic about economic mobility. It cites a research where most U.S. citizens believe that hard work and good education are significant factors in moving up from one economic class to another.

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The article discusses a study conducted by researchers at the Beijing Institute of City Planning that identified the economic class of Beijing, China residents based on their use of the city's public transportation as discovered by smartcard swipes. Topics include the possible use of such data in urban planning and government policy; the use of transportation data in big data analyses in U.S. cities such as Boston and Chicago; and the limitations of transportation data in determining location.

The article evaluates the thesis of sociologist Carl C. Taylor concerning the history of farmers' revolution in the U.S. Taylor has noted that farmer revolts have been the triggering factor that have caused the occurrence of farmers' movement. He examines the impact of abeyance processes and class character on agrarian mobilizations. Farmers' movement, which relates to labor movement, has remained to be one of the continuous fight of the laborers against capitalism. Such analogy between the farmers' movement and labor movement has helped in assessing the class character of agrarian social movements of the country.

The very claim of a group that it is inherently superior suggests that it is not, for that is the claim all other groups make. The factors, which result in this phenomenon, may be divided into those which are immediate and capricious, and those that are derived and rationalized. When groups have lived together a long tine there is an accepted status, while it is accepted no progress is made in separating fact from myth. The result of domination is a difference in status of the racial groups. Tip to the last century such differences have been accepted as in the order of nature, but recently there has been a whirlwind growth of resentment on the part of those who have an inferior status. This applies to races, women, nations, and unprivileged classes.

This article presents information on the books written on masses and social class." The author Emil Lederer's book "State of the Masses," posthumously published analyses the "mass state" which is something of a recantation of his Marxist faith. Though Lederer, who was the dean of the faculty of the "University in Exile," was never a proponent of dictatorship and always belonged to the democratic and liberal wing of Socialist thought, he feels compelled in this book to disavow his previous faith in a "classless society." He is driven to this recantation by his observation of the nature and the fruits of the fascist state. The significance of fascism for him lies in the fact that "for the first time in history mankind must witness not the domination but the destruction of society, the pulverization of all groups, the melting together of all various layers of society into crowds, and the transformation of these crowds into one social institution.

The article profiles the journalist Joe Bageant who dedicated his career as a journalist to covering the U.S. working poor and the question of why they routinely vote against their economic self-interest. The author covers the start of his writing career in developing his aggressive writing style about class in the U.S., religious and cultural conservatism as political movements, and how class and politics intersect. His work includes the books "Deer Hunting with Jesus" and "Rainbow Pie: A Redneck Memoir." Additional topics include the effect of the 2000 election of George W. Bush as U.S. president on his writing and his criticism of the American myth of upward economic mobility.

The article looks at the influence that parent's social class and careers can have on the academic achievement of their children. In spite of the government's efforts to make Great Britain a classless meritocratic society, the Sutton Trust found that social mobility is static. Socioeconomic factors still influence a child's place in British society. Smart children born to poor families are being outpaced by their wealthier, less intelligent peers as can be seen from test scores.

The author surveys the state of the class divide in the U.S. Democratic and Republican parties. The article focuses on the working versus professional classes in each party, reviewing U.S. presidential elections from the 1970's to the 1990's. The author concludes that the Republicans have more division within their party than the Democrats, which will have implications on the 2008 U.S. Presidential election.

The author reflects on 2008 U.S. presidential candidate Mike Huckabee. Huckabee is likened to former U.S. President Ronald Reagan in that he has used his populist outsider status but he has taken the wrong direction in using his social class for pity. The author feels that Huckabee is a candidate that believes hard work is rewarded in the 21st-century economy but, in reality, it is hard, smart work that gets rewarded.

This article reports on a series of editorials published in the "New York Times," regarding the subject of class differences. The editorials contend that although our society is a meritocracy, parents with money, education and connections cultivate in their children the habits that the meritocracy rewards. This article reports on some statistics that the "New York Times" failed to mention. Men and women who have not completed high school are three times as likely as those who have been to college to be killed while in a motor vehicle. Data from the latest (1999-2000) National Health & Nutrition Examination Survey tell us that women with less than a high school education are 26% more likely to be obese than those with a college degree. A survey article in the Journal of the American Medical Women's Association reports that income is inversely related to prevalence of domestic violence.

The article discusses the relation between socio-economic class and online news consumption with a focus on these relations in the city of Modesto, California. Topics include statistical analysis of online social networking use, the impact of racial and ethic factors in the analysis, and the importance of owning digital technologies such as a smartphone and a computer to engage in citizen journalism.

In this article the author examines the societal paradoxes contained in the modern Indian state. The significant divisions between the wealthy and the poor are described. The growth of India's economy is discussed and compared to that of China. According to the author India's high tech industries contribute little to the Indian economy in percentage terms, as a large number of people are still engaged in menial labor or agriculture.

Interprets the meaning of the article "Slavery and the Fashioning of Race in Oroonko, Robin Crusoe and Equiano's Life," by Gary Gautier. Presentation of the relations between the categories of race and class in the three literary author's representations of slavery; Types of enslavement ideologies; Writing style.

This article presents the author's perspective on class and golf. He feels that exclusive country clubs that boast the best greens and equipment do not produce great golfers, as opposed to public courses where kids of modest backgrounds, like Meaghan Francella, with a greater hunger for success are forced to play and improve.

The article presents information on the association of Bananas Foster, a dessert, with New Orleans. The article discusses the opening of the restaurant Brennan's by Owen Brennan, who named the dessert after Richard Foster, a frequent customer. The article describes the era as being when restaurant service brought high prices, an air of class, and chafing-dish pyrotechnics brought distinction to a hostess.

Relays the author's view that cars offer clues into their owner's personalities. Parking troubles in London which cause many people to park close to the author's home during the day; Enjoyment found by the author in surmising the class, values, and traits of a stranger based on the make and contents of their car.

Comments on a small bar in Pennsylvania as a gauge for how Americans think and interact. Poetic description of the establishment; Juxtaposition of upper and lower economic classes as a commentary on democracy.