One of the social issues concerning power, status, and class in American society today is income inequality. The income gap between the social classes has increased drastically throughout the last few decades, creating a significant gap between the wealthy and the poor. This gap has become so ...
Park Won Suk, who leads a civic coalition that promotes more social equality, calls the issue a "time bomb" that "threatens to blow up the entire Korean society."Income disparities are common everywhere in this age of globalization. But the speed and scope of the trend in South Korea h...
"Rising income inequality is not just a social issue," said Gabriel Petek, the S&P credit analyst who wrote the report. "It presents a very significant set of challenges for the policymakers." Stagnant pay for most people has compounded the pressure on states to preserve funding for education,...
” she says. “These are transformative technologies that change the ways we spend our time every day, that change business models that succeed.” To make such “tremendous changes,” she adds, you need social buy-in.
If economic growth were found to reduce happiness inequality, then the beneficial effect of economic growth (as a promotor of social harmonization of well-being) would be proved. The positive association between economic growth and happiness inequality has been addressed in many previous studies. For...
The economy is being transformed by digital technologies, especially in artificial intelligence, that are rapidly changing how we live and work. But this transformation poses a troubling puzzle: these technologies haven’t done much to grow the economy, even as income inequality worsens. Productivity...
There is a dual opportunity to add revenue for companies and growth for the economy while addressing important gaps in neglected communities and creating value for consumers.Social investors, including some Black athletes, are using their capital and their platforms to catalyze ...
The Issue In President Obamas State of the Union address he stated income inequality as the biggest problem facing the future of the world. Income inequality is defined as the unequal distribution of wealth throughout a group’s population (Inequality). Inequality is a natural side effect of a...
More boards are incorporating the “S” (social considerations or corporate impact) into the strategy development process. According to PwC’s Annual Corporate Directors Survey, issues like health care cost, resource scarcity, human rights, and income inequality have all surged in importance. When it...
It is important to have a social life, but what is right for one person won’t be right for another. Some of us feel energised by spending lots of time with others, 1 some of us may feel drained, even if it’s doing something we enjoy. This is why finding a 2 in your social ...