Linda Featheringill

Capitalism causes poverty and an unequal distribution of wealth in the United States, Linda Featheringill maintains in the following viewpoint. She asserts that the capitalist system creates profits for private business owners at the expense of the vast working class.The way to end this economic inequality, she contends, is to overturn the current system. Linda Featheringill is a writer for the People,a socialist monthly periodical.

As you read, consider the following questions:

1. According to the author, who are the worst victims of the American economic system?
2. In Featheringill's view, how are profits created?
3. Why are some projects not completed in a capitalist system, according to Featheringill"

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