Within society poverty has been a factor towards the increase of social class inequality since the 1980's.
When searching for my sources I came upon a journal which discussed the decreasing level of poverty within society as well the increase of inequality in the states. This journal by Michael J. Mandel (2002:88, "The Rich get Richer and that's O.K") stated as long as growth is strong and poverty is low, a little inequality is a small price to pay." In this case the poverty in the U.S has decreased while the inequality between the social classes has increased of that result. The journal T…