Subsidized insurance makes waterfront property seem safer than it is for wealthier buyers, while many low-income homeowners face repeat disasters with no help.
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Over the past half-century, a rising share of economic activity in the UK and other rich countries has been connected with ‘bad’ wealth accumulation.
It’s now common knowledge loans and gifts from family are a large part of breaking into the housing market. But how is parental financial support being used in other areas?
On the positive side, good progress has been made on gender equality and fewer people are dying of unnatural causes.
Former enslaved persons have never received a dime for their labor. Nor have their descendants received reparations for the legacy of slavery.
Should the descendants be paid? By whom and how much?
People who struggle with numbers are also likely to struggle in life, new research shows.
Rethinking capitalism requires that the primary focus should be on the distribution of economic power as the potential leading causal factor driving inequality.
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Distinguished Reserach Professor, Southern Centre for Inequality Studies, University of the Witwatersrand
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Director of Behavioral Science & Policy Initiative, Schaeffer Institute of Public Policy & Government Service, USC Price School of Public Policy, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
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Associate Professor of Public Policy, University of Connecticut
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Professor of History, Binghamton University, State University of New York
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Professor of Political Science, Texas Tech University
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Senior Research Fellow, The University of Melbourne
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TR Ashworth Professor in Sociology, The University of Melbourne
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Presidential Professor of Sociology and History, Graduate Center, City University of New York
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Visiting Fellow, School of Policy Studies, University of Bristol
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Associate Professor of Landscape Architecture and Urban Planning, Texas A&M University