to understand that America, as outlined in the Constitution is a Republic, not a democracy. Madison does an excellent job comparing the two principles in Federalist paper X. In a democratic society, a small minority of people can take things from others, in this ...
How Does Inequality of Opportunities Affect the Distribution of Economic Wellbeing in Cameroon?Inequality of OpportunitiesHuman DevelopmentWellbeingThe objective of this study is to measure the empirical effects of inequality of opportunities (IOP) on the distribution of economic wellbeing, which is ...
we tested these “grievance” versus “resource arguments”. By using a multilevel analysis we can examine whether the effects of economic crisis on political participation differ for the 26 European countries while also taking the individual situation of the respondents into ...
Like broadband access, health and education are key development markers that affect developing and developed nations alike, invariably hitting the impoverished, remote, and unconnected the hardest. The World Health Organization directly links good health to economic growth as healthy populations achi...
The standard of living is derived from per capita GDP, determined by dividing GDP by the number of people living in the country. On a broad level, GDP can, therefore, be used to help determine the standard of living. However, economists often make adjustments to GDP,such as using real GD...
Income inequality refers to how unevenly income is distributed in a population. The less equal the distribution, the greater the income inequality.
But health inequality does appear to have a significant impact on economic growth (not to mention quality of life). The implication is that doing more to help those at lower incomes afford the health care they need -- or at least help lower the share of their income devoted to health care...
HUBER: The second question is what types of individuals are most important in the economy? So, what if you lose highly qualified, highly skilled top executives, top managers — how does that affect the economy? You might think Huber was asking these questions in the context of the so-cal...
Although interpersonal violence can occur at any socioeconomic level, people from lower socioeconomic backgrounds tend to have greater exposure to violence, especially in their formative years. Exposure to violence can negatively affect a person's academic and employment outcomes, and domestic violence ...
In China, rapid and extensive urbanization has brought not only benefits due to urban agglomeration but also various urban problems; both affect residents' happiness. Previous studies have emphasized the direct impacts of growing city size on happiness, and few have addressed the indirect effects of...