Sentences with phrase «income equality»

But if greater income equality was achieved across gender lines, this could help decrease poverty through the generations.

That was the highest figure since the city began keeping records on income equality 46 years ago.

There is also an argument that you are partially addressing income equality by shifting money from one age group to another when you give gifts.

And how do you think greater income equality could best be achieved with public support?

Epidemiologists Richard Wilkinson and Kate Pickett studied income inequality in America's 50 states and the 23 richest countries in the world - excluding those with populations below 3 million, those that are tax havens, or those from which they could not get reliable data - to track the effect of income equality on quality of life, health and life expectancy, rates of violence, social mobility, and educational performance.

With Greg Duncan of University of California, Irvine, he has studied how rising family income equality in the U.S. has affected educational opportunities for children from low - income families and the effectiveness of strategies for improving such children's life chances.

All indicators seem great to me, except maybe for income equality which is rather modest within EU.

She's known for pushing for greater income equality between the sexes, and she made a point during her recent commencement speech at UC Berkeley of saying that many don't have the financial support network they need to deal with the loss of a loved one.

Income equality advocates said any raise is good, but they asked why the governor is stopping short of the $ 15 per hour they've rallied for.

The act would alleviate frustrations felt by the middle class in New York, and help to achieve income equality throughout the state.

By contrast to the so called middle - class tax cut which favours the more affluent, the CCB will have a positive impact upon the lamentably high rate of child poverty in Canada (which stood at 16.5 % in 2013), and will promote greater income equality among families with children.

In a statement to Premier, a spokesman said: «UK income equality is now lower than when this government came into office and the recovery is being felt across the country, with latest data showing the North West seeing the fastest growth per person, and that the North East is seeing the fastest growth in employment.

Here it presents Rawls and Dworkin as representatives of a social liberal tradition that values income equality in itself.

New York State has the highest income equality of all the fifty states with over 2.8 million people living in poverty.

For example the USA doesn't emphasize income equality, the English monarchy respected the rights and liberties of its subjects long before republicanism was the dominant force, and «Republican» revolutionary France frequently ignored human rights and liberties.

«I think what's surprising is that the income gap has narrowed... when some of the underlying conditions — growing income equality and residential segregation — have continued unabated,» Reardon said.

With a maximum $ 6,400 a year per child under five and $ 5,400 annually for kids six to 17, the new benefit is an effort to reduce income equality.

Secondly, I can't help but think that the relative income equality in places like Germany helps the programs to be so successful and popular — you're going to be much more likely to accept higher costs if you feel like everyone's more or less in it together.

He looks at income equality, Social Emotional Learning Skills, pre-school education — just to name a few topics he covers.

Deutsch says he'd like to see the governor address income equality and poverty in his budget.

Google the economist «Matthew Rognlie» for his work on income equality on this type of investment.

Rochester Mayor Lovely Warren echoed Mayor de Blasio's rhetoric of income equality, saying her city has the worst school district in the state and the fifth - highest child poverty rate in the nation.

Clinton advocated for income equality and better treatment at the workplace, while Trump argued for bringing jobs back to the U.S. Seldom did any of them discuss how to motivate Americans to make better financial decisions and prepare for a timely retirement.

But as Democrats, we know that income equality in the economy has real, deleterious effects.

Looking at 100 large metro areas, the researchers analyzed public data across nine categories, including housing costs, income equality, Medicare enrollment, the numbers of hospitals and households with older adults, and volunteer rates for older adults.

Neither extreme is ever likely to be achieved anywhere, even in the most socialist or dictatorial countries, yet even a small, fractional uptick can represent a big shift in income equality.

For Black and Indigenous peoples, income equality is compounded by the realities of anti-Black racism and the legacies of colonization in Canada.

Some who speak from a Christian perspective still think that mildly socialist ideas such as anti - individualism, collectivist projects, income equality, and a vision of full state welfare benefits are closer to the mandate of the Gospel than are democratic capitalist institutions.

He refers, with more than a little disdain, to those of us who «still think that mildly socialist ideas such as anti-individualism, collectivist projects, income equality, and a vision of full state welfare benefits» best fulfill Christian morality.

A Michigan helmet and a pair of Jordans are probably among the more curious gifts he's gotten: a helmet for a sport he's shown no interest in and a pair of extremely expensive sneakers for an 80 - year - old man who's made a life out of fighting for the poor and income equality.

There is a broad - based movement to increase the minimum wage as one component to diminish the income equality.

Meanwhile, overwhelming evidence - as presented in Richard Wilkinson and Kate Pickett's book The Spirit Level - demonstrates that promoting greater income equality would be the single most effective way to tackle a range of social problems that have traditionally been addressed in a case - by - case, sticking - plaster fashion.

While human rights, liberties, and income equality are characteristics of many contemporary democracies; monarchies can have those things and republics can ignore those things.

That's thanks not only to the end of the legal cloud that has hung over the WFP's head since the 2009 NYC elections; but also to the success of its longtime ally, NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio, and renewed national focus on its top agenda item: Bridging the income equality gap.

Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie (D - Bronx) called the hike «progressive,» saying it would «address income equality» and help fund critical services, including education and infrastructure.

He said businesses are forcing the lowest - paid workers to choose between paying the rent or buying food, and the income equality gap between the rich and poor is the highest in history.

Even before he's sworn in as New York's 109th mayor on Jan. 1, de Blasio is planning to take his campaign for income equality, urban - friendly transit and affordable housing to an audience across the U.S.

«It's crucial to lower the expenses of hard - working people, but to be fair — nothing does more to address income equality than actually raising people's incomes,» Mr. de Blasio said today in his State of the City Address, which focused largely on making New York City a more affordable place to live.

Senator Kirsten Gillibrand has long been an outspoken advocate for paid leave and income equality: «There's a reason only 3 percent of Fortune 500 companies are run by women,» she told the Cut back in June.

The big issues are the fiscal cliff; tax rates for the wealthy; income equality; NOT repealing Obamacare; Medicare survival; and the continued existence of Social Security.

But that didn't stop some from spreading baseless conspiracy theories that the newly - elected progressive mayor who promised to focus on income equality had purposely ignored one of the wealthiest neighborhoods in the city.

«The movement in New York City for income equality and fair taxation will spread all across the state,» he predicted.

In viewing this film, it's hard not to see a parable of income equality, a game that is rigged for the rich and leaves everyone else scrambling - or worse - for the crumbs.

The film isn't subtle about his idealistic stance on income equality and workers» rights: The scene where he explains his politics to his pre-teen daughter feels like a communism commercial conceived by a team that normally handles ladies» hygiene products.

Our failure to achieve greater income equality is reflected in the fact that our Gini index has deteriorated from 66 in 1996, to 70 in 2008.

And when we consider the ways in which where we come from impacts our lives — the availability of fair housing, access to food and education, income equality — we are drawn back into one of Gaines» key questions for the viewer: What does freedom really mean?