Deployment Summary Analysis Form Article Title and Author: Christopher Jencks Briefly state the main idea of ​​this article: The main idea of ​​this article is that economic inequality is steadily increased in the United States between the richest and poorest states. And this inequality affects people in more ways than purchasing power; it also affects education, life expectancy, living conditions and perhaps happiness. Another idea he raised is that the American government tends to give less aid to the unemployed than other wealthy countries. List 2-4 supporting points or arguments that the author uses to support the main ideas: A good supporting point that Jencks used to show that the American government tends to give less aid to the poor than other countries, is a study conducted using the 90/10 ratio. The study found that within the English-speaking world, the United States was the most unequal of all. Another point that supports his argument is when he talks about the United States doing little to limit wage inequality. List three facts that the author uses to support the main idea: Jencks included many studies and graphs in his article that helped his argument. One of the studies he included concerns the percentage of household income going to the top 1%. This study found that in 1979, 7.5% of family income belonged to the richest 1%, and in 1997 it jumped to 13.6%. Another fact from the article is a study conducted by Lars Osberg of Dalhousie University. Poor people in America were found to work longer hours than their poor counterparts in Canada, Britain, Sweden, France and Germany. The third fact that I think is relatively important is that since 1979, tuition at American public universities has risen faster than the income of most parents. Thus giving the poor even fewer opportunities to receive higher education. What is a good counterargument to the thesis of this article? I think a good counterargument would be that today's inequality is different, not many people today live with completely no material hardship. Those who do are due to their downfalls, whether they are mentally ill or have drug problems or any other illness. The United States provides less aid to the poor, but it is not zero aid.