PPT-A Long History of Inequality

Civil Rights amp Civil Liberties Defining Civil Rights The phrase Civil Rights is a translation of the Latin phrase ius civis rights or law protecting a citizen From Ancient Rome. Dr Carlie Goldsmith . Aims of the workshop . Introduce you to academic debates on social inequality. . Examine rates of income and wealth inequality in Britain and comparatively. . Examine evidence that shows how the size of the gaps in income affects social life, and in particular the prevalence of social problems. . By . Raymundo. Campos, Gerardo Esquivel and Nora . Lustig. Presented by Nora . Lustig. “The New Policy Model, Poverty and Inequality in Latin America”. WIDER, Buenos Aires, September 1-3, 2011. Outline . a primer. Francisco H. G. Ferreira. The World Bank. “New Challenges to Growth and Productivity”. The Growth Dialogue / G-24 Conference. 25 September 2013. The question. How are . economic growth . Nora Lustig. Tulane University. New Challenges for Growth and Productivity. The Growth Dialogue – G24. Washington, DC -- September 25, 2013. 1. Inequality in Latin America is high…. . …but declining since around 2000. By Tanya Maria Golash-Boza. . Earning and Labor Market Inequality Represents a Large Gap . “… in 2013, the United States had more income inequality than Mexico … inequality is mapped on race and gender lines” (p. 237). (Master PPD & APE, Paris School of Economics). Thomas Piketty. Academic year 2014-2015 . Lecture 5: The structure of inequality: labor income. (. Tuesday November 4. th. 2014). (check . on line. : THE . ENEMY BETWEEN US. Source: Wilkinson & Pickett, The Spirit Level (2009). Lerwick. , Shetland Islands 2/09/2014. Maddy. Power. from. The Equality Trust. The Equality Trust . is an independent, evidence-based campaign . Keynote. Canadian Economic Association Annual Conference. Canadian Development Economics Study Group, . Toronto, May 29, 2015. Ravi . Kanbur. www.kanbur.dyson.cornell.edu. Introduction (1). Joint . papers . Professor Diane Elson. University of Essex UK. Presentation to Advanced Graduate Workshop. Initiative for Policy Dialogue. Bangalore January 2015. Inequality of . w. hat?. Preference satisfaction? . GINI Coefficients. Author: Zack Beamer. How severe is income inequality?. How can this be measured?. Ratio of CEO to Worker pay. †:. 354 to 1. Workers: $34,645. S&P 500 CEOs: $12,259,894. Is this a rigorous method of measuring inequality?. Matter; How . Does it Differ to Focussing on . Poverty?. Duncan Green. Oxfam GB. Ambedkar. University. November 2013. What do we mean by Poverty?. Absolute v Relative income. Multidimensional – narrow (. (WB PRWP 7795). Carlos Rodríguez-Castelán (World Bank). Luis-Felipe López-Calva (World Bank). Nora Lustig (Tulane University). Daniel Valderrama (Georgetown University). IEA 18. th. World Congress. Chapter 11. “. Our world has never been more connected or more prosperous than it is today. Yet right now, one in every three of us alive today does not have access to the most basic needs for a decent life - food, education, medical care, a safe environment.. Walter . Scheidel. (Stanford University). Argument. Violence has been the single most important means of leveling wealth and income inequality in human history. 4 principal mechanisms:. Mass mobilization war.