Poverty is a tough enemy, but equality is a powerful weapon against it. When everyone has the same chances for a good education, job, and income, poverty starts to lose. It’s not an overnight change, but as more people can provide for themselves and their families, fewer people are le...
The idea that income inequality within a society is more unsettling to health and welfare than income differences between societies has been hotly debated for more than two decades. In the past year alone, six academic analyses have been published in peer-reviewed journals, four of which contradic...
Why Our Society Is at Risk of Victorian Levels of Inequality; with Benefit Cuts, Wage Freezes and Proposals to Regionalise Pay and Benefits, Claire Miller Looks at Whether We Are All in This Together or Whether Some Groups Are Losing Out...
Substantivists argue that the rule of law is somehow connected to morality, e.g., by guaranteeing access to human rights for everyone (cf. Bingham, 2011, p. 66–84). In contrast,"[u]nder the formal understanding, a society may properly claim fidelity to the rule of law even if its ...
The sustainability imperative seems to be here to stay. The chaos inflicted by the COVID-19 pandemic may eventually settle, putting back into focus pressing sustainability issues. It may leave behind a world that is even more sensitive to the needs and purpose of sustainability for human well-...
“Explanations exist; they have existed for all time; there is always a well-known solution to every human problem–neat, plausible, and wrong.” H. L. Mencken From “The Divine Afflatus”, section IV in Prejudices : Second Series
Follow the goals you have set for yourself, even if this means supplementing the work that is done in your course. For instance, if your goal is to have a good accent, you can work on your pronunciation if it is not stressed in your course....
Those who think this lack of commitment is bad for society might have a point. Here’s a look at some of the reasons why people should get married, for the good of themselves and society. Next:It's Cheaper 2/13 Credit It's Cheaper Single people pay more for living expenses than ...
Today’sgenerations of investorsare moving the needle with a new set of criteria. They care deeply about the greater good and consider the risks of climate change and inequality as high stakes, making it costliernotto deal with them. And the corporate world is responding. In 2019, theBusiness...
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