CAT (VARC) PYQs

put forth the view that, despite egalitarian origins, economic progress brings greater inequality and social hierarchies.

hold a mirror to an acquisitive society, with examples of other communities that have chosen successfully to be non-materialistic.

counter Galbraith's pessimistic view of the inevitability of a capitalist trajectory for economic growth.

highlight the fact that while we started off as a fairly contented egalitarian people, we have progressively degenerated into materialism.