http://www.salon.com/2013/02/25/customers_are_disappearing/
Robert Reich writes to the Salon on February 25th about the increasing unemployement rate in Washington. Reich begins the article by using a rhetorical question to show a basic principle of economy: the more you sell, the more you hire, and vice-versa. He then begins to explain the two types of existing costumers, the individual and the government. Then, Reich explains how both of these costumers are consuming less and less material due to their low income and in order to lower their spending budget. The author alludes to the Great Depression and closes the article by heavily insulting the government and its lack of logical reason in dealing with this current problem.
Reich's purpose with this article is to criticize the government and its tactics when dealing with economic and social issues such as unemployement. He uses references to past crisis, such as the Great Depression and clearly shows his intentions as he says: "It used to be that when consumers spent less, government stepped into the breach and spent more in order to keep people employed. That’s what we were supposed to have learned from the Great Depression."
This is very interesting, not really something I look in to much, so this was cool to read. I like how you spoke of how the article's author alluded to the Great Depression. You stated the purpose and did a good overview of the article, so overall it was good.
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