Topic: Inequality

sleepysmile306 posted a tweet

@tracycoyle ...inequality of outcomes, lack of a general culture of wellness, it goes on and on; and I haven't even started on payments.

9 hours ago

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White Flight Draft (pdf)
"In some senses, the division in the perception and use of MySpace and Facebook seems obvious given that we know that online environments are a reflection of everyday life. Yet, the fact...

22 hours ago

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Daria R posted a tweet

@gapingvoid revolutions are never permanent. they create the new order and new inequality that is the base for the next revolution...

8 days ago

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Brianfit posted a tweet

Cold-eyed analysis of #cop15 failure: "Inequality between and within nations may be the death of us." http://bit.ly/5871mD

11 days ago

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Michael Haddon posted a blog entry

Why Cameron's "big society" agenda would make Britain more unequal
David Cameron's attempt to nuance the "cartoonish depiction of the state" set out in his Autumn party conference keynote may...

13 days ago

Next Left | Topics: David Cameron, child poverty, inequality, Demos

anndouglas posted a tweet

Inequality the new normal, historian says: @AntoniaZ http://bit.ly/5WqjGQ + Why men are rarely pole dancers (letter) http://bit.ly/4zQy2s

14 days ago

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Michael Haddon posted a blog entry

Bringing ownership back in
In her Progress lecture tonightCabinet Office Minister Tessa Jowell argues that Labour was wrong to walk away from the idea of...

16 days ago

Next Left | Topics: power, new politics of..., inequality, mutualism

Michael Haddon posted a blog entry

The New Labour case for a bank bonus tax
Don Paskini has challenged the claim made by John Rentoul that "the tax on bankers’ bonuses was the final act of...

16 days ago

Next Left | Topics: taxation, New Labour, inequality, bonuses

Rebecca Laffar-Smith posted a blog entry

Does Our Underwear Determine Our Success?
*jaw drops* Ok, my head must have been in the sand yesterday because I didn’t hear about this until late this afternoon...

16 days ago

The Writer's Round-About | Topics: Markets and..., alias, discrimina..., female

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Does Our Underwear Determine Our Success?
*jaw drops* Ok, my head must have been in the sand yesterday because I didn’t hear about this until late this afternoon...Does Our Underwear Determine Our Success?
*jaw drops* Ok, my head must have been in the sand yesterday because I didn’t hear about this until late this afternoon...

17 days ago The Writer's Round-About

Michael Haddon posted a blog entry

Could falling home ownership be good for us?
The Independent reports Housing Minister John Healey's Fabian speech on Wednesday night, noting that this is the first decade...

20 days ago

Next Left | Topics: housing, inequality, John Healey

Nothing in Particular posted a tweet

The problem with the world has always been and will always be the inequality of the law's implementation. How do you penalize errant rulers?

20 days ago

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Leon Benjamin posted a tweet

Inequality; the distance covered by those who rise is so great, while those who risk falling have too much to lose... http://ff.im/cJmy4

20 days ago

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Michael Haddon posted a blog entry

On austerity and affluence
The Fabian Society and Webb Memorial Trust today publish The Solidarity Society, a major 270-page book which reports a two-year...

21 days ago

Next Left | Topics: Solidarity..., Webb Memorial..., inequality, Beatrice Webb

Peter D posted a tweet

The worst form of inequality is to try to make unequal things equal.Aristotle #quote

21 days ago

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christianhauck bookmarked links

Gini coefficient - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

EconomPic: Income - Destruction of the Middle Class - Rob's posterous

21 days ago

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Leon Benjamin bookmarked a link

Equal Opportunity Traps

21 days ago

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gordonr posted tweets

@Alex_Manchester http://www.useit.com/alertbox/participation_inequality.html

Social intranet / e2.0 types: Do you think participation inequality exists on the intranet? Have you witnessed it? Proof? #intranet

21 days ago

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Michael Haddon posted a blog entry

"Class war" on bank bonuses? The myth debunked
Over-excited media commentators and bloggers in the run-up to today's pre-budget report have claimed that Bashing the bankers...

22 days ago

Next Left | Topics: inequality, polling, bonuses

Rami posted a blog entry

Everything is different at Solidere
Parking meters around Beirut all allow free parking after 5 or 6 PM except in Solidere! As you can see in the below photo, free...

23 days ago

Plus 961 | Topics: Beirut, downtown..., hamra street, inequality

Xanthippas posted a blog entry

Just Doing Their Jobs
The IRS audited a single woman with two kids on the belief that since she wasn’t reporting enough income to support...

23 days ago

Three Wise Men | Topics: Uncategorized, Inequality, IRS, Taxes

Michael Haddon posted a blog entry

Dear David Cameron ...
This Thursday 10th December, the Fabian Society publishes The Solidarity Society, a new book by Tim Horton and James Gregory...

24 days ago

Next Left | Topics: David Cameron, Webb Memorial..., poverty, inequality

Michael Haddon posted a blog entry

Tories plan to back Labour bank bonus tax
So reports the BBC's Robert Peston:What the Chancellor has in mind - and what may be announced in Wednesday's pre-budget...

24 days ago

Next Left | Topics: George..., Conservatives, inequality, bonuses

Robbie Clarken shared an item

Edmund Phelps on Capitalism
Here’s a wonderful essay from a year ago by 2006 Nobel Laureate economist Edmund Phelps. (HT Michael Strong) A sampling:The other difficulty with that fashionable hypothesis [that market-generated economic growth is overrated] is that most of the...

25 days ago

Google Reader | Topics: Complexity and..., Inequality, Innovation, Myths and... | Add google reader to your profile

dahveedgr posted a tweet

Berkeley’s Jen Schradie poses more questions than answers: Whose voice is online? Digital Inequality, a temporary or persistent gap? #FOTF

25 days ago

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RussRoberts posted a blog entry

Edmund Phelps on Capitalism
Here’s a wonderful essay from a year ago by 2006 Nobel Laureate economist Edmund Phelps. (HT Michael Strong) A...

27 days ago

Cafe Hayek | Topics: Complexity and..., Inequality, Innovation, Myths and...

Mentarch posted a blog entry

How About A "War On Poverty" Instead?
An old suggestion, yes, but nonetheless a quite à propos one:How About a War on Poverty Instead?Finishing the Job at HomeBy...

29 days ago

Another Point of View | Topics: {URL}, poverty, economic..., waste

Shirland posted a tweet

"Where there are differences there will be inequality. Where there is absolute equality, therefore, there can be no best of anything"

29 days ago

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RussRoberts posted a blog entry

On Rich, Poor, and What Trends Mean
Here’s Steve Horwitz’s important follow-up to his earlier post on the poor getting richer: there’s some...

32 days ago

Cafe Hayek | Topics: Data, Inequality, Standard of...

PaulC posted a blog entry

"They love us at night. They hate us the rest of the time”
In the run up to World AIDS day on December 1st my colleague, Jean-Luc Martinage, has been busy putting together a report...

37 days ago

Head Down Eyes Open | Topics: colombia, prostitution, activism, poverty

Scotto bookmarked a link

Who Rules America: Wealth, Income, and Power

38 days ago

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ryanallis posted a blog entry

Why?
As I sit on the 28th floor of a hotel in San Francisco I am angry, yet hopeful.I wonder why in a world with as much wealth as...

41 days ago

The Blog of Young Entrepreneur Ryan Allis | Topics: All Posts, Our..., Poverty, Social...

dpinkenya posted a blog entry

closing the sukuma kenya chapter
It's taken me a few months to think this through and now its thought... It's time for Sukuma Kenya to lay to rest. I believe...

42 days ago

sukumakenya | Topics: Poverty, corruption, inequality

Paddoconnell bookmarked a link

ABUSE OF THE INNOCENT.

43 days ago

Delicious | Topics: class, inequality | Add delicious to your profile

Fitaloon posted a blog entry

Harriet Harman: The case of the gender pay discrimination denier
A new “crime” has been invented by Miss Harperson.This is the crime of being a gender pay discrimination...

55 days ago

MicroShaft Blog | Topics: Labour Sleaze, Politics, gender pay discrimination..., Harriet...

Jana posted a blog entry

Business life in Rocinha favela
Samantha Pearson-The Financial Times, 11/04/09A group of teenagers loitering outside Bob’s, Brazil’s equivalent of...

55 days ago

Brazilportal | Topics: Urban Issues, Favela Tour, Favelas, Inequality

brandonwu posted a blog entry

U.N. Report Shows Global Wages Falling
On Nov. 3 the U.N. agency on labor, the International Labor Organization (ILO), released a 15-page report finding that real...

57 days ago

Eyes On Trade | Topics: CAFTA, Inequality, NAFTA

brandonwu posted a blog entry

U.N. Report Shows Global Wages Falling
On Nov. 3 the U.N. agency on labor, the International Labor Organization (ILO), released a 15-page report finding that real...

57 days ago

Eyes On Trade | Topics: CAFTA, Inequality, NAFTA