Tag: social inequality
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China’s losers [Diaosi]
Amid spreading prosperity, a generation of self-styled also-rans emerges Apr 19th 2014 | SHANGHAI | ZHU GUANG, a 25-year-old product tester, projects casual cool in his red Adidas jacket and canvas shoes. He sports the shadowy wisps of a moustache and goatee, as if he has the ambition to grow a beard but not the…
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Interpretando la estratificación social en una ciudad post-socialista
La ciudad neo-liberal tiende a desarrollar con gran Ãmpetu comunidades aisladas que reflejan las diferencias entre las clases sociales, segregándolas entre si y limitando enormemente los espacios y paisajes. Dicha tendencia responde al principio de acumulación del capital aplicado al desarrollo urbano. Es decir, a la acumulación de capital en las ciudades con el fin…
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What does social inequality mean? Here is a simple and clear explanation
Easy, simple and very clear, this explanation of social inequality from this article “Growing inequalities in science“. One of the most common misconceptions regarding inequality consists of thinking that an unequal distribution of resources is the result of an unequal effort to achieve them. Although this might be the case in certain situations, when it…
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Growth and home size trends
Homes are getting bigger and bigger. Interesting analysis of American homes size trends between 1975 and 2013, as well as interesting reflections on the consequences in terms of social inequality: America’s bloated house size is a two-sided problem. For one, it’s yet another indicator of the nation’s deepening economic divide. The wealthy are pouring more and more…