Reading Review
Based on both reading article material, Harper’s magazine by Baker Kevin and GDP Illusion by John Smith, the immediate idea that gets the reader attention is the imbalance exhibited between values captured and values that get added. For instance, New York City over the years got elevated into one of the biggest and developed cities in the world, and however despite the upgrade, it does not represent some of the benefits city members should be enjoying due to poor governance and financial control. The same scenario gets exhibited in John Smith’s article of GDP Illusion, which displays the fact that, as much as some of the companies in America prosper in the global market, the government still does not account for the values captured. Among the questions that arise from the articles revolves around how workers, specifically American citizens get to invest more in contributing to development and high economic status but the government fails to extend the benefits captured. With the growing tax collection and increasing cost of living, it is the mandate of the government to ensure and state government to ensure they regulate wages for workers and equal distribution of national revenues as well. This particular aspect will address aspect discussed in both articles like better living conditions and better job payment from companies and passing legislative regulation that will balance value captured and value-added. The issue of concentrating on building the national economy and constant development comes with new challenges to an ordinary citizen. The benefits ought to get extended to state levels, which will ensure its members are also in a position to cope up with these changing conditions based on being able to afford rising cost of living and surviving.