“Stress and Class” was written by Timothy Noah, a man who does not feel that rich people are more prone to stress than poor people. He writes in response to another article that stated that it is now the rich who are more stressed out and the most likely to be working longer hours. It is an article that easily attracts attention from a wide spectrum of readers, for most people consider themselves rich or poor, or at least more one than the other. He backs up his position with comparative evidence and testimonial evidence. I agree with Noah’s stance, and while he makes some excellent points in his argument, I do not believe his article was written effectively.
His primary source is hardly convincing, for it is a study of a single day in two individuals’ lives. The personalities and mental stability of these two people is completely unknown. In addition, he leaves out a very key argument; the rich man is able to abandon a portion of his “excessive responsibilities” and live as a middle class man. The poor man, on the other hand, usually does not have the option or ability to just move to the other end of the spectrum at his desire.
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