Friday, August 14, 2015

[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.

Monday, June 29, 2015

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.

Monday, April 20, 2015

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.

Wednesday, March 25, 2015

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.

Thursday, March 19, 2015

Atlanta, again the USA leader in income inequality

Thumbnail: Creative Loafing Atlanta reports that the Brookings Institute, a Washington, D.C. think-tank, published a report showing that Atlanta has the highest income inequality of USA's largest cities. This is the lead story in bot paper.li Inequality. This in no joke.