PPT-Is Inequality of Opportunity a Useful Policy Construct?

Keynote Canadian Economic Association Annual Conference Canadian Development Economics Study Group Toronto May 29 2015 Ravi Kanbur wwwkanburdysoncornelledu Introduction 1 Joint papers . 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 . 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. . Microaggressions. Racism entails not just big moments or actions, but also . Brief verbal barbs that could occur in a split second . A pattern of everyday treatment that the victim is sure is due to race but the violator can attempt to hide within other issues. st. century policy. Branko. . Milanovic. March 2011. Email: . bmilanovic@worldbank.org. Based on the book . Worlds Apart. , 2005 . and . The Haves and the Have-Nots. , 2010 and other . updates. Main points. Jared Bernstein. CBPP. Seattle, WA. Washington State Budget and Policy Center. 12/12/13. Current Events: Where Are We, Economy-Wise?. Getting better doesn’t mean you’re healed.. Just who’s economy you . : 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 . Larry . Temkin. Larry . Temkin. Studied at UW Madison, Oxford, and Princeton. Currently chair of Philosophy at Rutgers. Central Question:. When is one situation worse than another with respect to inequality?. Michael Noble and . Wanga. . Zembe. of SASPRI have found that the poorest municipalities are, without exception, in the old apartheid homelands, and all except one in either the Eastern Cape or KZN . Paul Billingham. St Anne’s College and Department of Politics & International Relations, Oxford. DCM Social Sciences stream, March 21. st. 2015. All political philosophers agree that humans are morally equal – all enjoy an equal basic moral status. 1. The fact of rising wealth inequality.  . Increasing both nationally and globally.  . The wealthiest 1% of individuals has increased its share of national and global wealth.  . Estimated to own 48.2% of global assets. Jill Hoxmeier. H615: Advanced Research Design. October 10, 2013. “Boy, a few more like that and I’ll be ready for Gamblers Anonymous”. Twin Problems of Construct Validity. Construct Validity: . Plaut RD, Staab AB, Munson MA, Gebhardt JS, Klimko CP, Quirk AV, et al. Avirulent Bacillus anthracis Strain with Molecular Assay Targets as Surrogate for Irradiation-Inactivated Virulent Spores. Emerg Infect Dis. 2018;24(4):691-699. https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2404.171646. Martin . Ravallion. 1. Public Lecture, . Ungku. Aziz Center for Development Studies, . University of Malaya, January 29 2019. Inequality is getting much attention globally. Part A: How are we doing? .