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Millennials Are Screwed - The Huffington Post - 0 views

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economy inequality millennials

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  • Steve Bosserman on 17 Dec 17
     
    "It's tempting to look at the recession as the cause of all this, the Great Fuckening from which we are still waiting to recover. But what we are living through now, and what the recession merely accelerated, is a historic convergence of economic maladies, many of them decades in the making. Decision by decision, the economy has turned into a young people-screwing machine. And unless something changes, our calamity is going to become America's."
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Why Inequality Predicts Homicide Rates Better Than Any Other Variable - Evonomics - 0 views

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homicide inequality

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    "The connection is so strong that, according to the World Bank, a simple measure of inequality predicts about half of the variance in murder rates between American states and between countries around the world. When inequality is high and strips large numbers of men of the usual markers of status - like a good job and the ability to support a family - matters of respect and disrespect loom disproportionately."
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