Read the article the short articles by Megan McArdle and George F. Will. What lessons do the authors want us to take away from their articles? What do the points they raise have to do with the topic of inequality? Tab Window HelpXMicro Ch. 17 Flashcards | Quiz x/edit/document/_8000901_1?courseld=_139450_1&view=contentThink you're living in a 'hellhole' today?Try being a billionaire in 1916Opinion by George F. WillMay 5, 2017C Chegg Search results for Many x +https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/thinking-youre-living-in-a-hellhole-today-try-being-a-billionaire-in-1916/2017/05/05/475d7370-30f9-11e7-9534-00e4656c22aa story.html18Having bestowed the presidency on a candidate who described their countryas a "hellhole" besieged by multitudes trying to get into it, Americans need anantidote for social hypochondria. Fortunately, one has arrived from DonBoudreaux, an economist at George Mason University's Mercatus Center andproprietor of the indispensable blog Cafe Hayek.He has good news: You are as rich as John D. Rockefeller. Richer, actually.Some historians estimate that on Sept. 29, 1916, a surge in the price ofRockefeller's shares of the Standard Oil Co. of New Jersey made himAmerica's first billionaire. Others say he never reached this milestone and thatHenry Ford was the first. Never mind. If Rockefeller was the first, his billionwas worth $23 billion in today's dollars. Boudreaux asks if you would acceptthis bargain: You can be as rich as Rockefeller was in 1916 if you consent tolive in 1916.Boudreaux says that if you had Rockefeller's riches back then, you could havehad a palatial home on Fifth Avenue, another overlooking the Pacific, and aprivate island if you wished. Of course, going to and from the coasts in yourprivate but un-air-conditioned railroad car would be time-consuming and lessthan pleasant. And communicating with someone on the other coast would bea sluggish chore.Commercial radio did not arrive until 1920, and 1916 phonographs wouldlacerate 2017 sensibilities, as would 1916's silent movies. If in 1916 you wantedThai curry, chicken vindaloo or Vietnamese pho, you could go to the phonehanging on your wall and ask the operator (direct dialing began in the 1920s)to connect you to restaurants serving those dishes. The fact that there were nosuch restaurants would not bother you because in 1916 you had never heard ofthose dishes, so you would not know what you were missing.If in 1916 you suffered from depression, bipolar disorder, a sexuallytransmitted disease or innumerable other ailments treatable in 2017, you alsotv 7:09

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Read the article the short articles by Megan McArdle and George F. Will. What lessons do the authors want us to take away from their articles? What do the points they raise have to do with the topic of inequality? Tab Window HelpXMicro Ch. 17 Flashcards | Quiz x/edit/document/_8000901_1?courseld=_139450_1&view=contentThink you're living in a 'hellhole' today?Try being a billionaire in 1916Opinion by George F. WillMay 5, 2017C Chegg Search results for Many x +https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/thinking-youre-living-in-a-hellhole-today-try-being-a-billionaire-in-1916/2017/05/05/475d7370-30f9-11e7-9534-00e4656c22aa story.html18Having bestowed the presidency on a candidate who described their countryas a &#34;hellhole&#34; besieged by multitudes trying to get into it, Americans need anantidote for social hypochondria. Fortunately, one has arrived from DonBoudreaux, an economist at George Mason University's Mercatus Center andproprietor of the indispensable blog Cafe Hayek.He has good news: You are as rich as John D. Rockefeller. Richer, actually.Some historians estimate that on Sept. 29, 1916, a surge in the price ofRockefeller's shares of the Standard Oil Co. of New Jersey made himAmerica's first billionaire. Others say he never reached this milestone and thatHenry Ford was the first. Never mind. If Rockefeller was the first, his billionwas worth $23 billion in today's dollars. Boudreaux asks if you would acceptthis bargain: You can be as rich as Rockefeller was in 1916 if you consent tolive in 1916.Boudreaux says that if you had Rockefeller's riches back then, you could havehad a palatial home on Fifth Avenue, another overlooking the Pacific, and aprivate island if you wished. Of course, going to and from the coasts in yourprivate but un-air-conditioned railroad car would be time-consuming and lessthan pleasant. And communicating with someone on the other coast would bea sluggish chore.Commercial radio did not arrive until 1920, and 1916 phonographs wouldlacerate 2017 sensibilities, as would 1916's silent movies. If in 1916 you wantedThai curry, chicken vindaloo or Vietnamese pho, you could go to the phonehanging on your wall and ask the operator (direct dialing began in the 1920s)to connect you to restaurants serving those dishes. The fact that there were nosuch restaurants would not bother you because in 1916 you had never heard ofthose dishes, so you would not know what you were missing.If in 1916 you suffered from depression, bipolar disorder, a sexuallytransmitted disease or innumerable other ailments treatable in 2017, you alsotv 7:09

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Sociology is the systematic study of society and the various structures that shape and influence it.…