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The elephant in the room of social security reform
Lots of smart people on the left are thinking about how to create a better social security system – but I’m worried. Most seem to agree that there’s a lot wrong with Universal Credit (UC). The five-week wait, the benefits … Continue reading
Perceptions of poverty levels: a long view
This is a guest post by Elizabeth Clery (@liz_clery), who works with the amazing NatCen team that are responsible for the British Social Attitudes Survey. The latest British Social Attitudes report came out in July, and it pointed out a … Continue reading
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Tagged political attitudes, politics of inequality, poverty, public opinion
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Would more people support foreign aid & charities if they grasped the scale of global inequality?
This is a guest post by the excellent Aveek Bhattacharya, who (like I did!) combines a PhD in Social Policy in LSE with work in the field of alcohol & public health – and is also cross-posted on his personal blog … Continue reading
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Tagged experiments, global inequality, politics of inequality, public opinion
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Sharp softening of attitudes to benefit claimants, reveals new data
Over the past twenty-five years, there has been a major and widely-reported change in British attitudes towards benefit claimants: simply put, we are less positive about benefit claimants than we used to be. More of us think that ‘large numbers … Continue reading
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Tagged benefits, politics of inequality, public opinion, welfare payments
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Brazilian protests: inequality and its consequences
In this guest post, Kênia Parsons of LSE/University of New South Wales explores the continuing, inequality-fuelled protests in her home country of Brazil. A wave of protests has invaded the Brazilian streets. An increase in bus fares was the spark needed … Continue reading
Truth as a disadvantage
If you’re reading this blog, you’re likely to be someone who’s interested in ‘truth’ – finding out the evidence on inequalities, and using this as a platform for action. You might have protested about the way that politicians and the … Continue reading
Learning About Inequality Increases Concern, But Not Necessarily Support for Redistribution
A puzzle: income inequality between the top 1% and the rest has surged in the last few years, yet support for redistribution among the general public has actually declined (see figure below). Do people not care about inequality, or do … Continue reading
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Tagged experiments, fairness, Mechanical Turk, politics of inequality, redistribution
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Immigration reform without public benefits
Any viable immigration reform proposal in the United States senate has to pass through Florida Republican Marcio Rubio. That’s why it was big news when Rubio announced his support for a bipartisan plan on the Sunday news shows, stressing that … Continue reading
Justifying ‘Never-Working Families’?
In a recent post, Lindsey Macmillan showed that “The ‘never working’ family may be an easier sound bite but it is not representative of the true situation”. Here she responds to yet another attempt to make these claims – except this … Continue reading
Ending the Charitable Deduction is Part of the Solution
To balance the budget, Republicans want to raise revenue by getting rid of tax loopholes instead of raising rates. If we are getting rid of loopholes, what about eliminating the income tax deduction on charitable contributions? Ending the charitable deduction … Continue reading
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Tagged charity, fiscal cliff, politics of inequality, religion, taxes
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