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> massive wealth inequality is likely to be the biggest social problem of our time The problem is that it's a cycle. High wealth inequality -> large percentag
by Alex3917 12y ago
> massive wealth inequality is likely to be the biggest social problem of our time
The problem is that it's a cycle.
High wealth inequality -> large percentage of population with low SES -> structural forces perpetuating inequality -> ...
Already you see the Republican party copying the tactics that tehran used to turn persia into an islamic republic with great success, due to the systemic issues above, so it's hard to see how this is going to end well.
- discreteevent 12y agoIn glad that he put the bit about wealth inequality into the article. He didn't have to pick that, but he did. We are where we are largely because of cooperation and communication. Tech is the exemplar. We should be worried about inequality. It's a threat to all of that.
- philovivero 12y agoI find this fascinating and want to read more, but you haven't given me a lot to go on. Any references? What is SES?
- Alex3917 12y agoSES is socioeconomic status, i.e. a combination of wealth and education. In terms of reading more about what's going on in the US in general, the best sources of information are probably just the (often yearly) reports put out by the major governmental agencies: the CDC, the Department of Education, the DoJ, the EPA, etc.
- vii 12y agosocioeconomic status The rise of wealth inequality has been substantially documented, for example http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/USA-Update/2014/1110/Economic-inequality-in-the-US-reaches-levels-not-seen-since-Great-Depression http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/USA-Update/2014/1110/Economic-i...