International inequality

Unemployment rates grew from 16 percent in 1995 to 30 percent in 2002, coincided with the sale of over 30 SOEs at value of over R35 billion (Afeikhena, 11). Unemployment creates a gap between the employed and unemployed, increasing the degree of income inequality. Since low-skill, low-education workers take the hardest hit from the structural changes, many become discouraged and stop seeking…

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Household income is a key and independent determinant of food insecurity and malnutrition (Fotso, 2006). While malnutrition is, on average, higher in rural compared to urban areas, socioeconomic inequalities are, to a large extent, higher in cities than in rural areas (Fotso, 2006). Structural imbalance and diversity in Brazilian society is an historical product (Pinto, 1997). Class stratification maintains the inability for mothers in Brazil of low…

exclusion and, as a result, inequality (Duncan, Edwards and Alexander, 2010, pp.1-3). On the topic of social exclusion, David Byrne (1999) said that inequality and exclusion happen “all the time” and that it “determines the lives of the individuals and collectives who are excluded and those of the individuals and collectives who are not”; hereby meaning that people are either led by society or ignored by it. In addition, Dorling (2010, p.13), insists that social inequality “persists because of a…

impact throughout the world and society today. The negative aspects of globalization can be seen as inequalities spread throughout the world today. Having the chance to travel to so many countries, I have gotten the experience to see and analyze the wealth inequality in all the different countries from the United States, to the Caribbeans, and parts of Europe. When someone thinks of global inequality, they can think of racial segregations when traveling to different countries and are in the…

The “American Dream” is something all people in the United States wish to have. This includes having a job with a great salary, a beautiful and healthy family and most importantly to own a place to call home. Unfornately, this is not an easy dream achievable for all people. The article “The Case of Reparations” highlights the struggle of homeownership for African Americans and the argument of receiving reparations. The article tells the story of Clyde Ross, an African American from Mississippi…

Negative effects of income inequality Income inequality consists of the differences in the income and wealth distribution (Oxfam, 2014, p2). It is also described as the income gap between the poor and the rich. A few years ago, concerns about growing income inequality decreased mainly from a belief that it is only discriminating. Now the source of apprehension has significantly grown. The dominant concern now is that inequality may have harmful effects on a range of outcomes, such as health,…

For instance, Yglesias claims that even though the global economic is improving, the distribution of the wealth is greatly unequal which means only a little, very rich people capture most of it (2012). The extreme income inequality further causes unfair access to social goods, education and other opportunities, and it finally leads to seriously social inequities with shrinking social mobility (Yglesias, 2012). Meanwhile, besides unequal educational opportunities, rich people…

Is the popular saying “the rich get richer and the poor get poorer” really true? In the America, also known as the land of opportunity, there are infinite ways for a person to become successful. Here, you can come into this world into poverty and leave with riches and vise versa. In America, people of any status have the same opportunities to make it big and live a life that has been always been dreamt of. This is what we are forced to believe and convince ourselves in order to keep society in…

Pretend you work your hardest on something expecting to get a noticed for it, but someone does the same thing and gets recognition for it. See? That’s how inequality in America is like and what many of us go through on a day to day basis. Life has all sorts of downs and ups to it as we all know it right? Let me put it this way, America only gives certain privileged people easy roads in life, while others will have to work harder to get to that point in life. Not only has that been a critical…