The Great Gatsby
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Youth in Revolt: Easy Credit Invited freedom and happiness
By: Erin
Easy credit allowed people to purchase whatever they wanted even if they couldn't afford it at the time, therefore increasing their happiness.
" I'm p-paralyzed with happiness." (Fitzgerald 13)
³Richer people tend to be happier than poor people, and people in poor countries tend to be less happy than people in rich countries´ (Layard 43)
People became more happy when they have more money and are able to buy whatever they desire.
A sense of freedom was created amongst the people by the credit card because they were no longer restricted to cash.
³His family were enormously wealthy ± even in college his ... freedom with money was a matter for reproach ± but now he¶d left Chicago and come East in a fashion that rather took your breath away; for instance, he¶d brought down a string of polo ponies from Lake Forest. It was hard to realize that a man in my own generation was wealthy enough to do that.´ (Fitzgerald 1.16-17)
³Their emphasis was on economic freedom as a means toward political freedom´ (Ricardo Blaug, John Schwarzmantel 368)
The credit card gave people a sense of freedom by allowing them follow their desires and purchase whatever they wanted when they wanted it.
Easy credit caused people to rebel because the richer were getting richer with power and money and poorer getting more poor.
³He thinks she goes to see her sister in New York. He's so dumb he doesn't know he's alive.´ (Fitzgerald 30)
³Hirshleifer (1991) shows that it will generally be rational for the poor to engage in a power struggle against the rich to achieve a transfer of resources´ (Paul Collier 839)
The poor were jealous of the rich because they had money and power while the poor had nothing.
Works Cited
Fitzgerald, Frances Scott. The Great Gatsby. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1995. Print. Cooper, Richard N. "Happiness: Lessons From a New Science." Foreign Affairs. Council on Foreign Relations, Inc, Dec. 2005. Web. 20 Dec. 2009. <http://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/61065/richard-n-cooper/ happiness-lessons-from-a-new-science#>. Collier, Paul. "Rebellion as a Quasi-Criminal Activity." JSTOR 44.6 (2000): 839-853. JSTOR. Web. 20 Dec. 2009. <http://www.jstor.org/pss/ 174593?cookieSet=1>. Blaug, Ricardo, and John Schwarzmantel. Democracy: a reader. N.p.: Columbia University Press, n.d. Print
By: Erin
Easy credit allowed people to purchase whatever they wanted even if they couldn't afford it at the time, therefore increasing their happiness.
" I'm p-paralyzed with happiness." (Fitzgerald 13)
³Richer people tend to be happier than poor people, and people in poor countries tend to be less happy than people in rich countries´ (Layard 43)
People became more happy when they have more money and are able to buy whatever they desire.
A sense of freedom was created amongst the people by the credit card because they were no longer restricted to cash.
³His family were enormously wealthy ± even in college his ... freedom with money was a matter for reproach ± but now he¶d left Chicago and come East in a fashion that rather took your breath away; for instance, he¶d brought down a string of polo ponies from Lake Forest. It was hard to realize that a man in my own generation was wealthy enough to do that.´ (Fitzgerald 1.16-17)
³Their emphasis was on economic freedom as a means toward political freedom´ (Ricardo Blaug, John Schwarzmantel 368)
The credit card gave people a sense of freedom by allowing them follow their desires and purchase whatever they wanted when they wanted it.
Easy credit caused people to rebel because the richer were getting richer with power and money and poorer getting more poor.
³He thinks she goes to see her sister in New York. He's so dumb he doesn't know he's alive.´ (Fitzgerald 30)
³Hirshleifer (1991) shows that it will generally be rational for the poor to engage in a power struggle against the rich to achieve a transfer of resources´ (Paul Collier 839)
The poor were jealous of the rich because they had money and power while the poor had nothing.
Works Cited
Fitzgerald, Frances Scott. The Great Gatsby. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1995. Print. Cooper, Richard N. "Happiness: Lessons From a New Science." Foreign Affairs. Council on Foreign Relations, Inc, Dec. 2005. Web. 20 Dec. 2009. <http://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/61065/richard-n-cooper/ happiness-lessons-from-a-new-science#>. Collier, Paul. "Rebellion as a Quasi-Criminal Activity." JSTOR 44.6 (2000): 839-853. JSTOR. Web. 20 Dec. 2009. <http://www.jstor.org/pss/ 174593?cookieSet=1>. Blaug, Ricardo, and John Schwarzmantel. Democracy: a reader. N.p.: Columbia University Press, n.d. Print
