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The Wrong Inequality - NYTimes.com - 2 views

www.nytimes.com/...ooks-the-wrong-inequality.html

Article Regarding the Topic of Inequality

shared by A SN on 21 Nov 12 - No Cached
  • Blue Inequality
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      A SN on 21 Nov 12
       
      One type of inequality.
  • Red Inequality
  • It’s between those with a college degree and those without.
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  • Roughly 31 percent started or manage nonfinancial businesses. About 16 percent are doctors, 14 percent are in finance, 8 percent are lawyers, 5 percent are engineers and about 2 percent are in sports, entertainment or the media.
  • people similar to yourself, who may have gone to the same college, who are earning much more while benefiting from low tax rates, wielding disproportionate political power, gaining in prestige and contributing seemingly little to the social good.
  • New York City, Los Angeles, Boston, San Francisco, Seattle, Dallas, Houston and the District of Columbia.
  • Moreover, college graduates have become good at passing down advantages to their children. If you are born with parents who are college graduates, your odds of getting through college are excellent. If you are born to high school grads, your odds are terrible.
  • more likely to get married, they are much less likely to get divorced and they are much, much less likely to have a child out of wedlock. Today, college grads are much less likely to smoke than high school grads, they are less likely to be obese, they are more likely to be active in their communities, they have much more social trust, they speak many more words to their children at home.
  • But the fact is that Red Inequality is much more important. The zooming wealth of the top 1 percent is a problem, but it’s not nearly as big a problem as the tens of millions of Americans who have dropped out of high school or college. It’s not nearly as big a problem as the 40 percent of children who are born out of wedlock. It’s not nearly as big a problem as the nation’s stagnant human capital, its stagnant social mobility and the disorganized social fabric for the bottom 50 percent.
  • That’s because the protesters and media people who cover them tend to live in or near the big cities, where the top 1 percent is so evident
  • If your ultimate goal is to reduce inequality, then you should be furious at the doctors, bankers and C.E.O.’s. If your goal is to expand opportunity, then you have a much bigger and different agenda
  • A SN on 21 Nov 12
     
    Questions 1. Why does this article relate to economics? Honestly, why should we as economists really care about this matter? 2. Inequality is not only found in America, so how can American inequalities be compared to other inequalities found in the world? (This can include gender, race, geographical location, history, and more)
  • Valentina Padure on 28 Nov 12
     
    1. This article relates to economics because it discusses red and blue inequalities that exist and these are economic principles that economists need to pay attention to. The economy is based on efficiency and in order to be efficient economists have to take into consideration all types of inequalities that exist 2. An inequality is an unequal difference between two things, this article recognizes the inequality between the rich and the poor, or as they call it the red and blue inequality. Another type of inequality is gender inequality. In some countries girls are not allowed to go to school with the boys, and girls typically don't have the same rights as boys.
lebiez piranaj

Consumer debt loads grow at fastest pace in 2 years - 3 views

www.cbc.ca/...transunion-debt-credit.html

consumer debt fastest pace

shared by lebiez piranaj on 25 Nov 12 - No Cached
  • Canadian debt loads grew at their fastest pace in two years during the summer
  • Credit reporting agency TransUnion's latest quarterly analysis of Canadian credit trends found average consumer non-mortgage debt jumped 4.6 per cent year-over-year in the third quarter to an average of $26,768
  • Measured on a quarterly basis, debt grew 2.1 per cent in the summer from the second quarter of this year.
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  • Canadian instalment loan borrower debt grew 2.3 per cent over the third-quarter of last year to an average of $22,849.
  • — with inflation as measured by the Consumer Price Index up nine per cent and consumer debt jumping more than 37 per cent.
  • A 11 per cent uptick year-over-year in auto loans to an average of $19,228 was the main driver of the growth in overall debt
  • debt loads have increased 400 per cent more than the rate of inflation
  • Borrowing on lines of credit fell 0.2 per cent year-over year, but grew nearly one per cent since the second quarter of the year and sits at an average of $34,050.
  • delinquency levels — those who are late or default on a loan— continue to remain low across all categories.
  • the number of Canadians missing or defaulting on loan payments fell to pre-recession levels
  • household market debt has risen to 163 per cent of disposable income.
  • "We're moving into the Christmas season so I anticipate we might see another high increase year-over-year when we get to the Q4 numbers
  • lebiez piranaj on 26 Nov 12
     
    1. Despite receiving warnings about Canadian debt issues , it turns out that the average credit card debt has actually decreased by one percent while the year-over-year auto loans are now the main driving force behind the overall growth of our debt, why do you think this is happening? 2. Thomas Higgins, TransUnion's vice-president of analytics and decision services said that he believes the reason why consumers continue to ramp up debt is due to the media spreading overly positive news regarding the economy and throwing the readers into a state false optimism. Do you believe this is the case and why?
anonymous

Light Seen at End of Euro-Crisis Tunnel - 0 views

www.spiegel.de/...ommissioner-says-a-871330.html

euro

shared by anonymous on 08 Dec 12 - No Cached
  • anonymous on 08 Dec 12
     
    This is the article Netan and Suyang are presenting regarding the Euro Crisis.
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