Download or read book What Social Classes Owe to Each Other written by William Graham Sumner and published by . This book was released on 1883 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Written in 1883, this political and economic treatise is even more pertinent today than at the time of its first publication. Sumner champions the rights of the individual over the state and organized pressure groups. He defines the important role that the "Forgotten Man" must play in our social and economic development.