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Tag Archives: social mobility
The Causes of Poverty (56): A Lack of Social Mobility
(source) Is a lack of, or a low level of social mobility a human rights violations? No, of course not. There is no right to be socially mobile or to end up in a different – preferably higher – social … Continue reading
The Causes of Wealth Inequality (24): Self-Confidence
(source) A lot of income inequality is hereditary: wealthy parents can offer their children better education, connections, support and other resources that help to advance their prospects in life. Hence, these children will also be comparatively wealthy, on average. An … Continue reading
Income Inequality (26): And Social Mobility
One can argue that high levels of income inequality aren’t much of a problem when social mobility is easy (social mobility being the degree at which people cross into higher or lower income levels than the ones they were born into). Inequality … Continue reading
Posted in economics, education, income inequality, work
Tagged Economic inequality, gini calculator, Gini coefficient, income, social mobility
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Income Inequality (23): The Fable of Egalistan and Opportunistan, or the Relationship Between Income Inequality and Inequality of Opportunity
Let’s imagine two fictional societies. One – call it Egalistan – has almost total income equality, as well as consumption equality (the latter following from the former). However, people are stuck in their social roles, and there’s very limited social … Continue reading
Posted in economics, education, equality, justice, philosophy, poverty
Tagged egalistan, equality of opportunity, incentives, income inequality, opportunistan, plato, social mobility
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Income Inequality (22): Social Mobility in Anglo-Saxon Economies, Ctd.
After completing my older post on the subject – in which I argued that Anglo-Saxon economies don’t do a very good job promoting social mobility despite the focus on individual responsibility and policies that (should) reward merit (e.g. relatively low … Continue reading
Posted in economics, education, equality, income inequality, poverty
Tagged anglo-saxon model, cameron, equality, equality of opportunity, family, income inequality, individual responsibility, parenting, redistribution, significance, social mobility, social security, statistics, taxation, UK
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