At the National Head Start Association's Winter Leadership Institute last week, Don Mathis, President of the Community Action Partnership, speaking about the 50th anniversary of the War on Poverty, cited three sources on rising inequality:
First was Working for the Few, an Oxfam briefing paper sharing these points of concern:
Second was a Harvard report, "What We Know about Wealth" in which Michael Norton observed that though inequality is real in the US with 20 percent owning 80 percent of the wealth, the average American believes that the inequality is much less dramatic. Norton observed that the reason people's perceptions about inequality are so skewed is "because the easy availability of credit masks people's real financial situation."
Third was The Spirit Level: Why More Equal Societies Almost Always Do Better (London: Allen Lane, 2009) in which Richard Wilkinson demonstrates that the well being of individuals is always greatest in countries with the lowest levels of inequality. He observes there are "pernicious effects that inequality has on societies: eroding trust, increasing anxiety and illness, and encouraging excessive consumption."
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Displaying All 2 CommentsThe Goddard School
Wyomissing, Pennsylvania, United States
It was interesting to read why not to ask these certain interview questions but would have been invaluably more helpful to have a list of good questions to ask at interview!
United States
Some of the issue is that so many people have very little knowledge regarding financial asset building. I see people making financial mistakes that I know will greatly impact their ability to get ahead. The other issue is that colleges/universities have become so expensive that it has become an avenue that only people with money can afford yet a college degree in certain fields can yield vast financial benefits for graduates.
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