In your chapter, Chambliss and Eglitis present some arguments by Herbert J. Gans that the poor serve a useful function for the "nonpoor". Discuss two of these uses of poverty. Can you think of any other ways the poor provide uses for society? Do you agree that those in poverty serve a useful function? Explain your answer. According to Gans, what is needed in order to eliminate poverty? Do you think that is possible? Why or why not?

Mehran Tavakoli Keshe was born in Iran in 1958, son of an X-ray engineer. He was introduced to the world of radiation and nuclear science at a very young age. In 1981 he graduated from Queen Mary College, University of London, as a nuclear engineer specializing in reactor technology system control. He has spent the years since then completing a system for the production of gravity and energy using a radioactive hydrogen-fueled reactor that is clean and safe. He has covered all aspects of the design of a new plasma nuclear system from the very beginning to its present stage. This has included the design, the fuel, testing and practical applications. He has concentrated on completing the full range of his technology for launching into the scientific world and industry. The intellectual properties related to this technology were transferred to Stichting the Keshe Foundation.