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In the advanced countries, the causes of rising inequality are still being debated.
There was a deeper concern behind this newly discovered passion for housing for the poor: growing income inequality.
Therefore, the political response to rising inequality – whether carefully planned or the path of least resistance – was to expand lending to households, especially low-income households.
America needs to tackle inequality at its root, by giving more Americans the ability to compete in the global marketplace.
Poverty has been drastically reduced, and income inequality is declining, as the middle class swells.
Inequality among countries has decreased, with more than one billion people lifted out of extreme poverty in the last two decades alone.
But to do so requires a shift in focus from reducing inequality to delivering growth that benefits the poor and middle class as well.
The withdrawal of QE, beyond being unpopular among some policymakers and politicians, has highlighted concerns about the risk of increased financial instability and rising inequality – both of which could undermine America’s already weak economic recovery.
A disciple of the philosopher Karl Popper, Soros has promoted open societies as the ultimate guarantee of freedom from tyranny and religious or ideological indoctrination, and as a powerful weapon against rising social inequality.
And while there is much talk of inequality being worse than ever, on this most vital measure, inequality is decreasing: the gap between life expectancy in poor and rich countries has narrowed dramatically.
Income inequality has been growing in the US over the last three decades, largely because the labor market has increasingly demanded skills that the education system has been unable to supply.
Governments’ emphasis should always be on reducing unemployment, instability, and inequality.
While such initiatives cannot solve the problem of inequality, they can help to relieve some of its most damaging effects.
The economist Thomas Palley sees it as a means of offsetting growth in income inequality, with access to cheap credit replacing the broken welfare guarantee of social democracy.
The annual Goalkeepers report is a reminder issues like gender inequality, malnutrition, violence, and political instability will plague the world’s poorest people for decades to come.
Global-governance institutions are facing many challenges: slowing economic growth, volatile financial markets, falling commodity prices, emerging-economy risks (especially in China), refugee and migrant waves, geopolitical tensions, rising inequality and social fragmentation, and the threat of violent extremism.
He knows that Hillary Clinton, his rival for the Democratic nomination, is far more experienced in this area, and that support for his campaign is based largely on his pledge to address domestic economic inequality and social injustice.
The result of neglecting young people collectively while supporting them privately is social inequality on a massive scale.
Even the country’s proverbial inequality is beginning to shrink, albeit slowly, and lower-middle-class living standards are finally rising to where they should have been a decade ago.
Inequality has diminished, though from astronomically high levels.
Beyond the moral imperative, such an approach would help to maintain economic performance, which can be threatened by excessive income inequality, via social tensions, political turbulence, and even violent conflict.
Indeed, some of the recent political tumult – including Brexit and Trump’s victory – has been driven partly by excessive inequality.
In the last quarter-century, under-regulated markets have been the root cause of many adverse economic outcomes, including the 2008 financial crisis and untenable levels of inequality.
Sixth, the impact of technological change on inequality demands special attention.
Recent technological advances have displaced labor, increasing capital’s share in income and, thus, the level of inequality.
The Decline of Upward MobilityNEW YORK – Concern about economic inequality is in the air almost everywhere.
The issue is not inequality between countries, which is actually down in recent decades, thanks in large part to higher growth rates and longer lifespans in many emerging countries (especially China and India).
Rather, the focus nowadays is on inequality – sometimes called income disparity – within countries.
One reason is that the problem of inequality is real – and growing worse in many places.
And, despite a few notable exceptions in northern Europe and parts of Latin America, the rise in inequality has affected the developed and developing worlds alike.
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