International inequality

possess in enthusiasm in too idealistic a light, it did serve the important purpose of raising awareness of structural inequality at precisely a moment in time when austerity measures hold more force than ever before in recent memory (Ng and Khan, 2012, 272). Whilst the camps lasted mere months, the legacy of Occupy continues, with its calls for each and every member of the international community to stand up and be counted holding as much urgency today as on the 17th of September 2011, when the…

rural society. The wide range of economic disparity demonstrated through the difference in living conditions was a clear indication of the inequality between the rural and urban people in Ecuador. Not only have I experienced great economic inequality on a personal level but also through research I have learnt of further economic inequality on an international stage, especially…

Income inequality is an interesting topic because it is essentially a two part argument. The first part of the argument centers on its very existence; it is similar to the discussion on climate change in that one side acknowledges that is a very real problem that need to be fixed, while the opposing side either denies that it is real, or believes the current system is okay as it is. Assuming that the overwhelming evidence declaring that the United States has the highest level of economic…

Sanders’ highly touted - and shouted - policies, was the issue of inequality in America. It’s no surprise that Senator Sanders saw great success on their messages; a 2015 OECD report found that the top 10% of Americans hold 76% of the nation’s wealth, a figure far higher its peer OECD countries. In addition to the economic consequences of wealth inequality, it poses a serious danger to younger generations such as mine. Inequality brings Americans further away from the American Dream, suggesting…

Over the past few decades, China has become one of the fasted-growing political economics within the world. Although the rapid growth of economy brings out a lot of benefits to citizens, it has not reached all elements of the population. Due to the expanded of the economy, the rising wage gap in China has dramatically increased, and became a major social problem. In terms of most people awareness for this issue especially who are in the rich level, that caused the problem became an adaptive…

Ashley Douglas: Inequality at College and/or High School Over the course of this semester, I felt that I was able to truly comprehend the work of David Shipler, John Iceland, Anette Lareau, and the like, who reported on the effects of relative poverty. The reason for this being was because my former school, Parkland Magnet High, was a manifestation of the crippling effects of inequality. Income disparity, lack of social capital, and inadequate cultural capital all interacted to define the…

Aisha Barfield Blood 5/26/15 English 803 The Wealth is Unequal As the rich become more rich, and the middle class is a constant depletion the world is suffering from a rising inequality. The French Enlightenment philosopher Montesquieu identified “real equality” as the soul of democracy, but acknowledged that in practice republics could only “fix the differences to a certain point.” Those who constructed the idea of American democracy shared a concern that political factions arising from deep…

America prides itself on being a democratic government and a land of equal opportunity, but does it live up to those standards? Incoming inequality is growing in American society, and the effectiveness of democracy is being threatened by this increasing inequality. While America has claimed to make strides toward racial and gender inequality there is a growing gap between the haves and have nots. This income gap is increasing rapidly between the rich and the middle class and the middle class is…

the Convention on the Rights of the Child was implemented by the international community in 1989. Basically what these two documents state is that children always come first. If a child is sickly, they must be nursed, it states that bottom line, they must grow in a safe and healthy environment. What we find out living in the United States, is almost depressing, we see that, according to Joseph E. Stiglitz from his article Inequality and the American Child, is that it is a ‘beacon of failure’ and…

another emerges from the dust. As the gaps in income seem to never stop growing farther apart, humans learn a new quality to be used for their own supercilious motives. Classism is recognized as the newcomer. With ever-increasing ubiquitous income inequality, the door is opened for conspicuous consumption and extreme consumer debt in the U.S. and…