Indicator Demonstrates Institutional Classism

The article’s foremost problem is the vantage point from which it examines the phenomena of income inequality. Focusing on the disparity (or, as this article argues, lack thereof) in the material consumption of the upper and lower classes is misplaced and discounts far more serious injustices. The accompanying illustration distills the article’s narrow-mindedness, as it assumes that the most troubling aspect of income inequality is the inability to purchase “neat stuff.” The implication that inc