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Equality When?: Extreme inequality, and the riots in Tibet
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Friday, March 21, 2008. Extreme inequality, and the riots in Tibet. This article, by Heiko Khoo, gives a very convincing explanation for the explosion of unrest in Tibet: extreme inequality that is even more acute than the already-insane inequality prevailing in China generally, which is itself driven by China's descent into the free market. Http:/ www.marxist.com/the-riots-in-tibet.htm. Here's a snippet from the article (I believe Heiko Khoo is a researcher for Amnesty):. Given that so much of what cons...
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Equality When?: January 2010
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Saturday, January 16, 2010. Social barriers to sustainability. The social barriers to sustainability. To avert climate change, we must outlaw inequality and open the borders. A shorter article based on this appeared in New Internationalist, June 2010. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). For more information and resources on inequality see The Equality Trust. Established by Richard Wilkinson in 2009, and Danny Dorling's research group at Sheffield University. Bob at dustormagic dot net. Oxford, United Kingdom.
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Equality When?: October 2007
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Thursday, October 4, 2007. The damage done to the health of individuals and societies by simple inequalities of wealth is becoming clearer and clearer, thanks to a growing body of research that began as recently as the 1970s. Whether one compares nations, regions, cities, districts or even workplaces, one finds that the members of less-equal groups have shorter, unhappier and unhealthier lives than the members of more-equal ones. Inequality is moving to centre-stage, as the most important and immediate t...
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Equality When?: February 2008
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Friday, February 22, 2008. Evolutionary roots of egalitarianism. This was in response to a discussion of the "are we innately predisposed to be nasty, hierarchical animals, or nice egalitarian ones? Question; in particular, the work of Jim Sidanius and Felicia Pratto on Social Dominance Theory:. Http:/ en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social Dominance Theory. Http:/ en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social dominance orientation. According to Christopher Boehm, in his book. But do read Boehm. Worth it. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom).
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Equality When?: October 2008
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Wednesday, October 15, 2008. How little is your England? The Joseph Rowntree Foundation has just published a new report on "Young people and territoriality in British cities", by Keith Kintrea, Jon Bannister, Jon Pickering, Maggie Reid and Naofumi Suzuki. It illustrates acutely well the point made by Richard Wilkinson in "The Impact of Inequality" about the intensifying competition for respect under rising inequality. Http:/ www.guardian.co.uk/society/2008/oct/14/children-socialexclusion. This is an occa...
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Equality When?: June 2008
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Thursday, June 5, 2008. Invasion of the killer zillionaires (June 2008). HARD ON THE HEELS OF THE SEIZURE last year of 45% of Cambodia by foreign property speculators (see " Country for sale. Guardian Weekend, 26/4/2008:) comes news that 2/3rds of this island in the British Virgin Islands could be gobbled up by the super-rich, who need somewhere to park their yachts and play golf:. Http:/ www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/119884382? In the Guardian in February). QUESTION: how tiny would. From Educationa...
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Equality When?: May 2008
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Thursday, May 8, 2008. Now, positional consumption tears China apart. Positional goods are ones whose advantages are affected by social factors (notably, whether other people also have them, or not: country cottages, private educations, iPods, cars). They are a major feature of unequal societies. The "positional economy" was first described by Fred Hirsch in " Social Limits to Growth. Published: April 24, 2008. With First Car, a New Life in China. Bradsher's article ends with the tragic news that:. In tw...
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Equality When?: Now, positional consumption tears China apart
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Thursday, May 8, 2008. Now, positional consumption tears China apart. Positional goods are ones whose advantages are affected by social factors (notably, whether other people also have them, or not: country cottages, private educations, iPods, cars). They are a major feature of unequal societies. The "positional economy" was first described by Fred Hirsch in " Social Limits to Growth. Published: April 24, 2008. With First Car, a New Life in China. Bradsher's article ends with the tragic news that:. In tw...
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Equality When?: December 2009
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Saturday, December 19, 2009. US working hours and climate change. The small but growing Equality lobby has so far not made any breakthroughs, in publicising the link between inequality and the overconsumption that is causing climate change. Let's hope this changes in 2010. I feel little progress will be made, without the kind of popular, moral pressure an equality-based approach could unleash. David Rosnick and Mark Weisbrot, " Are Shorter Work Hours Good for the Environment? Subscribe to: Posts (Atom).
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Equality When?: Inequality and the neo-Malthusians
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Friday, March 21, 2008. Inequality and the neo-Malthusians. On Wednesday's Nightwaves (BBC Radio 3) there was a fascinating discussion about Malthus and current anxieties of various kinds about "today's crowded world" and the possibility that "the population of poor countries alone will rise by almost three billion in the next 30 years" (and what should "we" do about this? Some very refreshing contributions came from Matthew Connelly, a historian from Columbia University - for example:. Too often, alas, ...
