Re-posting Two: African Economic History and Morbid Inequality

Re-centering Inequality in African Economic History by Alden Young 2/18/2017 with sources footnoted

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Morbid Inequality: Now Just SIX Men Have as Much Wealth as Half the World's Population

Inequality report: Top 1% of Scots have more than bottom 50%

Inequality report: Top 1% of Scots have more than bottom 50% with more on this story at: http://www.scotsman.com/lifestyle/personal-finance/inequality-report-top-1-of-scots-have-more-than-bottom-50-1-4366407 And the auto-bot curated webzine that presented this headline story can be found at http://paper.li/HomeCareReport/1335447647?edition_id=71d3fe10-f384-11e6-9af9-0cc47a0d1605#/

Closing borders is not the answer to inequality

UNU-WIDER : Blog : Leading economists agree: closing borders is not the answer to inequality https://www.wider.unu.edu/publication/leading-economists-agree-closing-borders-not-answer-inequality My auto-bot curated paper on this article and others can be found at http://paper.li/HomeCareReport/1335447647?edition_id=e09ebb70-f5df-11e6-9af9-0cc47a0d1605#/

[Repost] Income inequality turns "neglected tropic diseases" into American diseases of "the poor living among the wealthy"

On Wednesday Cory Doctorow posted on Boing Boing Income inequality turns "neglected tropic diseases" into American diseases of "the poor living among the wealthy". From Cory's post, "Chagas, hookworm disease, cysticercosis, and chikungunya -- just to name a few. They cluster in the American south and southwest, and disproportionately effect the poorest Americans, who are usually also the brownest Americans." Read the post and become informed on this obvious collateral damage associated with income equality.

Income Inequality: An Empirical View

Worthy article on inequality from pre-industrial societies to the present can be found at ourworldindata.org/ web site. Below is graph from the study.

Another Chart That Explains Inequality

April 20, 2015: The chart shows how between 1930-1970's only the bottom 90% saw their income rise. Since then, only the top 1% has had increase, dramatic increase. The entire analysis with article by Matt O'Brien that support the chart is found on the Washington Post website.

Sometimes Simply Questioning Inequality Helps

I propose that it would be beneficial for the inequality naysayers to question their position by creating a SWOT analysis. Like the benefits of debate, the simple act of questioning can lead to awareness. I was inspired by this related inequality solution in the headline article "Thousands Of Indian Schools Implement Gender Classes To Fight Inequality" in the latest issue of Inequality web-paper.