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Dangers and opportunities of capitalizm

• While the present work Death of a salesman is clearly to be understood as a sharp critique of capitalism, in the following we will deal with the advantages and disadvantages of capitalism. In this day and age, we all benefit, willingly or unwillingly, from capitalism and it is almost impossible to escape its clutches
• The central thesis of capitalism is oriented towards growth. Growth, again, is possible through the flow of money in the form of investment and rapid development of technology, which results in the stimulation of reproduction
• Crucially, economic growth is primarily dominated and controlled by the large corporations, as they are the ones responsible for the growth and have the power to do so
• In capitalism, the credo is: by using money, more money can be made. It is also said that successful people make their money work for them. The great advantage of capitalism is that, in theory, everyone can use it to their advantage, since educational background plays a subordinate role in success through capitalism
• Moreover, one of the greatest advantages of the capitalist system is the possibility of entering foreign countries. The fact that money flows freely from investors into projects also presents the possibility that the education sector and the health system can also benefit from generous funds. Accordingly, support money and subsidies can be disbursed quickly and efficiently in an emergency such as the Corona epidemic
• The problem with capitalism is undoubted that it accelerates a gap between rich and poor and can thus to some extent drive a wedge between society. Another negative factor that is not taken into account by the capitalist system is that one cannot always speak of equal opportunities. Because if people have different initial situations due to the unequal distribution of financial opportunities, the consequence is that those who have more from the start have to take a relatively "shorter path" to success. Those who start with less capital, on the other hand, have a longer path to success ahead of them

Arthur Millers biography

• On 17 October 1915, Arthur Miller is born in New York into a family of Polish-Jewish immigrants. Miller's father, formerly a successful text manufacturer, loses his fortune in the wake of the Great Depression
• At the age of 19, Arthur begins studying journalism at Ann Arbor University in Michigan. As his parents are not financially able to finance their son's studies, Miller works part-time in the automobile industry
• Four years after graduating, Arthur Miller takes a position as an editor at the Michigan Daily, publishing his first dramas while still in college
• From 1945, the author works in the Hollywood film industry, where he then publishes his first major works, which are particularly distinguished by their socially critical stance
• Death of a salesman is published by the American author at the age of 33 already. Even before the publication of Death of a salesman, Miller published numerous successful works such as All my sons in 1946. But even afterwards the author shone with plays such as The Crucible in 1953 and A view of from the bridge in 1955, just to name a few
• The writer has been honoured for his literary life's work, including the Jerusalem Prize in 2003 and the Anne Frank Human Writes Award in 2005, which he received posthumously
• At the age of 89, Arthur Miller dies of heart failure in Roxbury, Connecticut on 10 February 2005