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Capitalistic Economy Surfaced Right After The Era Multiple Chapters

¶ … capitalistic economy surfaced right after the era of feudalism ended. The capitalistic economy system favors a handful of wealthy private entities that control rest of the economy. These corporate actors utilize the resources and labor in their favor to create a monopoly of their own. The profits are multiplied by these corporations and the government acts responsible for ensuring taxes payments and in return the masses are provided social justice. In the first quarter of 20th century when industrial revolution was taking place, capitalism seemed like a great idea as formulation of unions and governments helped the under privileged. Originally the idea of capitalistic economy was supposed to keep check and balances on the supply and demand functions. The scenario should have been in the best interest of the society as corporations were compelled to share profits with the overall society. But after World War 2 as the industrialization period of 20th century came to a halt and globalized free markets across the world emerged, corporations broke from the shackles of sharing profits with lower strata of society as they could find cost effective solutions in different parts of the world.

Unfortunately, the economic system that now predominates in most parts of the world -- unfettered global capitalism -- promotes, defends, and even extols an obscenely unequal distribution of wealth. Its three basic principles are greed, individualism, and competition -- all of which militate against economic and social...

(Ed Finn, 2003)
This system essentially makes a few hundred billionaires wealthier than rest 99% of the 6.8 billion population of the world. Across the globe billions face issues like contaminated food and water, illiteracy, lack of shelter, starvation, grave illnesses and in general poverty just because of these few hundred billionaires.

It is in this background that the economic situation of Canada will be considered. The population of Canada can generally be divided into 4 broad categories, which have been discussed below under their respective headings. These include,

1. The Upper Class

Approximately only 3-5% of Canadians belong to the upper class. Their social position is mostly because of their ancestry and the wealth they acquired from their ancestors. Many families belonging to the class have British backgrounds. Children of this class study in private institutions and individual exercise strong positions in employment.

Upper -- Upper class: The Canadians hailing from wealthy backgrounds that have 'old money' comprises only 1% of population.

Lower -- Upper Class: The Canadians who are not ancestral riches and have actually worked to earn more than rest of the masses make up 2-4% of the population.

2. The Middle Class

The middle class comprises of almost half of the Canadian population. Since the numbers are so large therefore they play a major role in shaping up the culture. A great deal of ethnic and…

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Ed Fin (February 1, 2003). All social and economic problems caused by an unfair distribution of wealth. Retrieved January 12th, 2012 from Policy Alternatives http://www.policyalternatives.ca/publications/commentary/all-social-and-economic-problems-caused-unfair-distribution-wealth

John J. Macionis & Linda M. Gerber (May 2007). Sixth Canadian Edition of Sociology, Chapter 11. Retrieved January 12, 2012 from Pearson http://wps.pearsoned.ca/ca_ph_macionis_sociology_6/73/18923/4844438.cw/index.html

Roger B. Butters (2007. Teaching the Benefits of Capitalism, Free Market Forum 2007 Panel 3: How to Teach Economics, Pg: 4. Retrieved January 12, 2012, from Hillsdale College Seminar database http://www.hillsdale.edu/images/userImages/afolsom/Page_6281/Butters.pdf
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