Advanced study in sociology, with specific topics to be announced at the beginning of each semester.

Wealth can shape all possibilities in the United States. Wealth is crucial to many functions across the life course and between generations, including but not limited to: spending on healthcare and education, buying and retaining investments for profit, weathering unexpected expenses or shocks, ascribing social status, and transferring these assets to children and other family members. The promise of a better life for their children and the “American Dream” draws immigrant families to the United States. This seminar engages with the discourse on wealth inequality through the lens of race and immigration. The course begins with the following questions: What is wealth? What kind of assets make up one’s wealth? Why does wealth matter? We then delve into the history and trends of wealth in the United States before focusing on some major themes related to immigration and wealth: homeownership, mobility, entrepreneurship, remittances, and debt.

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