Throughout the texts that we have been reading this semester, there is a common idea of divisions, and the need for there to be a lower class in the society. “The Privatization of Risk” by Calhoun also to an extent incorporates this idea of a division between the wealthy and the poor. In Calhoun’s article the focus is more on the shift that has been taking place in American society, where institutions that were once public or were ran by the government is being passed into the hands of private owners. The private owners of these institutions are not fulfilling their responsibilities to public, or the people who are really in need of assistance.  Instead is comes down to how the people in power will benefit, politically or economically. The people of the lower class that are in need of public assistance become dependent on the private institutions whose primary intentions are to make sure they are benefitting.  This in returns widens the gap between the poor and wealthy and leaves a lot of people without the resources that at one point the government use to provide.