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Monthly Archives: January 2012
Is Economic Fairness a Winning Message in 2012?
In the 2012 reelection campaign, President Obama is defining himself in terms of economic fairness. The word “fair” was used nine times in the State of the Union Address, and symbols of economic inequality were on full display (including Warren … Continue reading
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Tagged 2012 US elections, economic growth, fairness, occupy wall street, politics of inequality, public opinion
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The declining generosity of the benefits system
A quick research-based post today (following by a similarly quick research-based post tomorrow). As I’ve said before, the Resolution Foundation are the UK think-tank to watch – their work is research-heavy, politically-potent, and is setting the agenda about declining living … Continue reading
Doctors as Agents of Public Health Promotion
In Britain, the NHS Future Forum issued a report calling on the medical establishment to carry the banner of public health: “every contact must count as an opportunity to maintain and, where possible, improve their mental and physical health and … Continue reading
Blog Infidelity: Labour’s failings on disability
This article was posted on Left Foot Forward last Friday, and I thought I’d re-post it to the Inequalities community this week. [As this more political than usually, I’ll also put up a separate, research-based post tomorrow on the blog]. … Continue reading
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Tagged health, politics of inequality, public opinion, welfare payments
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Bad Kids or Bad Environments?
Consider a ten-year-old child. He is being raised by a single mother who drinks at night and shouts frequently at her three children. They live in a bad neighborhood, and the kids attend a tough school. In the classroom, the … Continue reading
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Tagged children, health, mental health, non-cognitive skills, social investment
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The criminal benefit-claiming class?
I know I’ve already talked about ‘deservingness’ among benefit claimants – but if UK newspaper and lobby groups keep making claims about it, then I’m just going to have to keep writing about it. Just after Christmas there was a … Continue reading
America the Segregated
Of all the forms of inequality in American society, residential segregation may be the most pernicious. Where you live determines where you go to school, what social networks you can join, what jobs you can access, and whether your voice … Continue reading
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Tagged community development, housing, race, residential segregation
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The perfect tax system
You might think that the days of the glorious, all-knowing economist are behind us, in the midst of savagely bleak times at least partly caused by economistic hubris. But clearly there’s still a space in our hearts to hear economists … Continue reading
