The article I chose was “Why The Super Rich Are Inevitable”, which uses real world scenarios to correctly explain how money distribution works. The arguments given in this piece perfectly describe the way money naturally moves around in our economy to an audience that ideally does not fully understand the statistics of trading money. The author mainly wrote this piece in a modern-day context where the rich continue to get richer as everyone else continues to lose money. In order to get this point across, the author uses several different methods to persuade his audience, such as implementing different styles, creating symbolism and appealing to rhetoric. 

The highlight of this article is how it transitions from creating a hypothetical situation to diving into true statistics and economics. The beginning of the article consists of many different pictures that all work together to show a hypothetical situation created by the author to allow the reader to truly understand the concept he is trying to explain. This is followed by charts, which serve the same purpose, and several paragraphs in which the author explains how the metaphor connects to his main idea. Along with that, the piece contains several interactive points that allow the reader to manipulate charts and modify decisions made in hypothetical situations. All these pieces together make it possible for anyone to understand money displacement and its effects on our modern society. 

Besides the obvious parts of the piece, there is also an underlying layer of symbolism contained throughout it. After explaining the relevance of the metaphoric scenarios, the author continues to tell the reader that every game involving money distribution always ends with one very rich person. The author goes on to relate these games to real life, and how there is often an abundance of poor people with only a handful of extremely wealthy individuals. It is eventually explained that the interactive game came straight from the Yard-sale model, which was published by physicist Anirban Chakraborti in 2002. The author also references several other people who have made contributions to this study. But the most important aspect of these references is the Yard-sale model, which allows the interactive tools to represent the real world. 

Another key component that adds to the effectiveness of the piece is the author’s methods of persuasion. The author mainly uses statistics and former studies throughout his piece to persuade the reader into believing his claims. In explaining how money distribution naturally occurs, the author does not blame or elevate any one side, since it is almost impossible to evenly distribute money throughout a population. With rhetoric in mind, it is obvious that the author clings to Logos appeals. As stated earlier, the piece is littered with statistics and results from further studies that the author uses to back up his claims that equal money distribution is impossible. In particular, the author uses a rhetorical fallacy known as Stacked Evidence. This is where only one side of an issue is explained in depth. While the author does do a great job at using the Yard-sale model to represent real life economics, what he doesn’t discuss is how taxes and income classes can change the dynamic of wealth distribution. However, this decision helps the reader grasp that this issue is unchangeable. 

All together, these methods allowed the author to ultimately persuade his general audience of the truth about money distribution in our modern world. Many people, before reading this piece, would assume that taxes caused this issue. However, the author perfectly mixes interactive hypotheticals with real-world studies to prove that this effect is only natural. Along with his rhetoric, the author truly knew how to persuade his audience in a way that also taught them a lesson in the end.