Showing posts with label income inequality. Show all posts
Showing posts with label income inequality. Show all posts
Monday, March 11, 2019

Beyond Collectivism and Individualism: Freedom from Fear

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In his speech on April 13, 2011 on reducing the U.S. Government deficits, President Obama identified two strains that had run through the...
Monday, January 21, 2019

26 Billionaires = 3.8 Billion People

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In 2018, 26 billionaires owned the same amount of wealth as the poorest 3.8 billion people, worldwide, according to a study by Oxfam, an...
Wednesday, May 30, 2018

Questioning Universal Basic Income

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The gist of basic income is that a government “distributes cash universally. As the logic runs, if everyone gets money—rich and poor, the ...
Sunday, January 29, 2017

The French Socialist Party’s Proposal of a Universal Income Amended: An Economic Floor Providing Economic Security to the Poor

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Benoit Hamon, “riding to victory” from political obscurity on a proposal to “pay all adults a monthly basic income,” defeated the recent Pr...
Monday, January 16, 2017

The Wealth of 8 People and 3.6 Billion People: Utilitarianism Applied

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As of the end of 2016, eight people held as much wealth as the 3.6 billion people who make up the world’s poorest half. Just a year earlier...
Wednesday, December 7, 2016

A Business Surtax on Income Inequality: Target the Proceeds

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The medium compensation in 2015 for the 200 highest-paid executives at publicly-held companies in the U.S. was $19.3 million; five years...