Sentences with phrase «by economic inequality»

, is a dark, gritty, standalone science fiction story set in a near - future Bay Area ravaged by economic inequality and persistent surveillance.

Education reformers that suggest that their schools have closed the gap without being honest about all of the gaps caused by economic inequality are furthering the problem by suggesting that we can solve these problems with just some great schools.

Today, progressives dominate education reform, and progressivism is stirred by calls for «social justice» and transfixed by economic inequality.

Not exact matches

That's one conclusion you can draw from a new research study, titled «Firming up Inequality,» published this week by the National Bureau of Economic Research.

According to a report by the World Economic Forum, Saudi Arabia is one of the worst countries in the world in terms of gender inequality.

A Ted Talk by British researcher Richard Wilkinson, for example, focuses on the harm to society that results from economic inequality — notably the gaps within (not between) societies, which includes life expectancy, literacy, infant mortality, crime, teenage births, obesity and mental illness.

And this shows that inequality may more of a by - product of strong stock markets, rather than a cause of economic decline.

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Posted by Louis - Philippe Rochon under Canada, Conservative government, economic growth, income tax, inequality, Liberal Party policy.

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For Canadians, it is important that our political parties start discussing and debating the policy actions a «new» government should take to respond to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) observation, that the global economy, and therefore the Canadian economy, could be entering a long period of economic stagnation, characterized by slow growth, high unemployment and increasing income inequality.

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Posted by Arun DuBois under demographics, Don Drummond, economic crisis, fiscal policy, inequality, Jack Mintz.

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Posted by Arun DuBois under fiscal policy, inequality, interest rates, macroeconomics, monetary policy, progressive economic strategies, Uncategorized, US.

A political, social, economic policy upheaval that will dramatically alter the playing field for millions of Americans by significantly reducing economic and gender inequality?

One of the things accomplished by reckless tax cuts for the rich, aside from dampening GDP growth and creating a smaller economic pie, was raising inequality.

«The report released today by the Council of Economic Advisers shows how conflicts of interest, backdoor payments and hidden fees are hurting average Americans, exacerbating income inequality and widening the racial wealth gap.»

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Led by a feminist Prime Minister who campaigned on a promise of inclusive growth, Canada is well placed to become a global leader in tackling the twin struggles of gender and economic inequality.

There can be economic growth without its benefits being shared by the poor and marginalized due to the growth m inequalities.

He spoke of the evils of «an economy of exclusion and inequality» and singled out for censure those who «continue to defend trickle - down theories which assume that economic growth, encouraged by a free market, will inevitably succeed in bringing about greater justice and inclusiveness in the world.»

It creates explosive contradictions between political conditionalities that press for good governance, democracy and respect for human rights and economic conditionalities that impose such austere measures that the resulting inequalities can only be controlled by highly undemocratic policies!

Preston (1991), who values the economic efficiency of the market, nevertheless acknowledges that left to itself the market leads to great inequalities of wealth and is unable to cope with environmental degradation such as is caused by industrial pollution.

He points out that the publication of this book in English corresponds with a political / cultural moment in which we're anxious, concerned, and to some degree confused by a growing economic inequality.

Third, the economic situation in Palestine, as elsewhere in the empire, was characterized by extreme inequality.

Indeed, that the data show the increase in death by self - destruction is not limited to whites with low educational achievement suggests that something else is at work — or at least something more complicated than lower economic achievement or increasing inequality.

FAO seeks better economic opportunities for all by investing in sustainable agricultural practices and food systems that reduce inequalities and create decent jobs.

What is clear is that to address political inequality — which is a precondition to achieving the broader goals raised by the Great Charter Convention — we must restore substantive democratic power over how our political and economic institutions are organised, thereby better enabling individuals to come together to make collective decisions that shape their lives, communities and workplaces.

The attrition of the public realm; the remorseless growth of inequality; the social pathologies associated with its growth; the humiliations suffered by those at the bottom of the economic pile; the callous indifference of those at the top; the penetration of state institutions by corporate interests; the decline of public trust; and, not least, the hubristic irresponsibility of a sometimes criminal financial sector — all the stigmata of pre-crisis Britain — loom as large as they did before 2008.

The second reason is a non-ecological argument in terms of the rise in socio - economic inequalities caused by policies promoting economic growth under capitalism.

In 2012, by comparison, the national debt is a side - issue — talk of income inequality and economic opportuity dominates our political discouse, a direct result of the Occupiers and the ruckus they were able to raise in Zucotti Square and similar encampments across the country.

For decades, Labour has believed that inequalities can be eased by modest redistribution and that the way to persuade the haves to give up a little is to raise economic output.

Cuomo has called the NYCHA issues a public emergency caused by bureaucracy and racial and economic inequality and has pledged not to sign the state's budget if it didn't improve the NYCHA situation.

There has been a lot of discussion of a new report by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation on attitudes towards tackling economic inequality (at Directionless Bones, Left Luggage, Sunder Katwala on CiF, Don Paskini at Liberal Conspiracy, and David Osler).

The ad, which will run during prime time on NY1 today, begins by highlighting de Blasio's campaign commitment to end economic inequality in New York City.

As a member of the Social Liberal Forum Council and Executive, he published the SLF's acclaimed economic platform, Plan C, and has argued for social liberal approaches to a sustainable economy by serving on two Liberal Democrat policy working groups (Inequality, and Sources of Sustainable Jobs and Prosperity).

While middle and working class Americans have been devastated by Great Recession, the wealthiest have done just fine, while their tax burden remains the lowest it's been in over 40 years.The last few months have seen the emergence of a counter-narrative which focuses attention on economic inequality and a tax system in New York State out of kilter with notions of fairness and equality.

And despite Prince Andrew's stratospheric popularity, who's to say with economic inequality getting worse and the middle class continuing to get squeezed by taxes and the pressure of having to pay for everyone above them and everyone below them simultaneously, that Cuomo fatigue in 2014 could make it deja vu all over again, as famous philosopher Yogi Berra might say?

Economic experts bedevilled by the riddle of falling inequality and unexpectedly positive unemployment think they are finally cracking the code of the double - dip recession.

A recent book published by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) supports the IMF study's assertion that inequality suppresses economicEconomic Cooperation and Development (OECD) supports the IMF study's assertion that inequality suppresses economiceconomic growth.

By breaking his word and excluding Universal Free School Lunch from the preliminary budget again this year, the Mayor has made it clear that educational equity and economic inequality are not priorities, after all.»

Gov. Andrew Cuomo wrote an opinion piece in this morning's Daily News, touting the recent state budget as a response to income inequality — and as a counternarrative to politicians like Donald Trump who are trying to capitalize on economic malaise by scapegoating other...

The pamphlet, edited by Labour MP for Dagenham Jon Cruddas and academic Jonathan Rutherford, argues that Cameron's approach is full of contradictory ideas, lacks a coherent economic analysis, and will «inevitably create more insecurity and inequality».

Economic and Social Outcomes in London and the North of England Since the Recession, by Polina Obolenskaya, Ruth Lupton and Bert Provan, concludes: «The findings suggest not only a need for regional rebalancing of both the economic and social kind, but that economic growth per se can not be relied upon to improve social outcomes in any region — and in particular it can not be relied upon to reduce poverty and inequalityEconomic and Social Outcomes in London and the North of England Since the Recession, by Polina Obolenskaya, Ruth Lupton and Bert Provan, concludes: «The findings suggest not only a need for regional rebalancing of both the economic and social kind, but that economic growth per se can not be relied upon to improve social outcomes in any region — and in particular it can not be relied upon to reduce poverty and inequalityeconomic and social kind, but that economic growth per se can not be relied upon to improve social outcomes in any region — and in particular it can not be relied upon to reduce poverty and inequalityeconomic growth per se can not be relied upon to improve social outcomes in any region — and in particular it can not be relied upon to reduce poverty and inequality.»