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Is economic inequality rising? - He discounts the extent of economic inequality in the U.S. and believes that what exists isn't necessarily harmful. He notes that some countries with ...

University of Tennessee professor gets $200000 to study economic inequality - Kelly's research shows that rising economic inequality reduces the prospect of major reforms and policy changes within U.S. political institutions. Economic inequality reinforces itself through politics, public opinion, elections, policy stagnation and policy making. He will use the award to complete his book, "America's Inequality Trap." "It's difficult to convey how exciting it is to be selected for this award," Kelly said in a university newsletter Wednesday. "In the academic world, our work is often a grind, and there are usually dozens of intermediate steps before we actually see the positive results."

Rising economic inequality should worry us -  Inequalities are affecting quality of life issues like health and longevity. Generational upward mobility is becoming a myth. When compared with other industrial nations, America has the most and fastest growing inequality and is doing the least to rectify things. Tax laws were already tilted in favor of the ...

Tale of Two Cities:” New York Has Become the Capitol of Inequality  - New York City is a microcosm of America's rising economic inequality — and of the lopsided nature of the “recovery” that officially began in 2009, the ...

Republicans Are Making America Sad Again - America is a prosperous nation, but not a super happy one. That's been true for a while. But the policies of President Donald Trump and the Republican Party are making matters worse. That's according to the latest "World Happiness Report," which is put together by the Sustainable Development Solutions Network in conjunction with the United Nations. Per capita income in America has tripled since the 1960s, but we are no happier now, collectively, than we were then. "Per capita GDP is still rising, but happiness is now actually falling," writes Columbia University economist Jeffrey Sachs, one of the report's authors. Indeed, in 2007 America ranked third in happiness among the 35 member nations of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. By 2016, we were down to 19th place. A rising per capita GDP, after all, doesn't mean much in a nation with rapidly growing inequality. To get t

There is a broad consensus about the corrosive effects of extreme inequality , including on poverty, societal trust and economic growth. Nobel ... View article...

How Inequality Undermines Economic Performance - For example, rising inequality is less likely to be politically and socially ... Latin America , for example, has considerable experience with populist ...

This is how inequality hurts the US economy  - S&P economists say rising inequality leads to all sorts of nasty economic problems: political discord, dampened investment, reduced trade, lower ...

A vote for this tax plan is a vote against women and families -  Women in the United States of America are already facing severe economic inequality at the exact same time as the cost of raising children, and the percentage of families who are relying on the wages of women to make ends meet, are rising quickly. Times have changed. For instance, women are now ...

Income inequality between countries has actually been falling since the 2000s, but income inequality within countries is rising. View article...

“Rising inequality is damaging for rich and poor alike, in both societal and economic terms. Income inequality leads to inequalities of outcomes and ... View article...

But while absolute inequality also rose in Latin America and East Asia, ... rising inequality is bad for sustained economic growth and poverty reduction. View article...

... how to join their ranks, and so on. Rising economic inequality is a real problem, and there are understandable reasons for this. View article...

Top U.S. priority should be fighting inequality  - The 2,716 respondents were evenly split on whether American economic competitiveness is rising or falling when compared with that of other ...

In these circumstances, it is no accident that Latin America, with the world's slowest economic growth and most glaring inequality, has exploded in the ... View article...

binary choice is deeply embedded in the U.S. electoral system, ... and “Polarization under rising inequality and economic decline” by Stewart, ... View article...

"In the next 50 years, the current economic system will drive up social tensions and drive down wellbeing. We can already see how inequality is ... View article...

Increasing inequality leads to social strife and economic and political disruptions and even upheavals. In their attempts to keep strife and unrest ... View article...

The Rising Risk Of Social Unrest : The ILO pegs six, all of which sound familiar: • Income inequality and perception of injustice: Perception of economic and social disparities, and increasing social exclusion , is said to have a negative impact on social cohesion and tends to lead to ... العالم العربي (AR) | ASIA | AFRICA | English | Las Américas

With wealth inequality in America rising alongside a disappearing middle class, we can assume many things, but undeniably, American unhappiness ... View article...