Thursday, 28 December 2017

Which types of inequality are fair, and which are not?

quote [ What we should … investigate is which types of inequality are fair, and which are not. “Inequality is not the same thing as unfairness;…it is the latter that has incited so much political turmoil in the rich world today,”

What’s unfair
Corporate wins in politics, The growth of the stock market, Healthcare financing, Mergers, The rise of temps,

these problems. They’re not a consequence of seemingly unstoppable forces like globalization and technology, but of a dysfunctional economy.
And with the right policies, they can be reversed. ]

This seems to be a better question.
[SFW] [business] [+4 Interesting]
[by yunnaf]
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spaceloaf said @ 10:29pm GMT on 28th December
I don't disagree with the list of problems, but I don't see what "fairness" has to do with anything.

"Fair" is a propaganda word that politicians use to justify their policies.

A Republican will tell you its "fair" that the top 1% gets to keep all their wealth because [insert something about "bootstraps"].

"Fair" is a loaded word that politicians use to shift the debate from a fact-based discussion to an emotion-based one where facts don't matter anymore.

I would argue the opposite; we need to get away from these loaded words and get back to evidence-based decision making.

I don't care what's "fair." I care what's sustainable in the long run. It's clear from Midden's graph that where we are is not sustainable, so we have to do something even if it's "unfair," otherwise the whole country crumbles.


spaceloaf said @ 10:32pm GMT on 28th December
I don't disagree with the list of problems, but I don't see what "fairness" has to do with anything.

"Fair" is a propaganda word that politicians use to justify their policies.

A Republican will tell you its "fair" that the top 1% gets to keep all their wealth because [insert something about "bootstraps"].

"Fair" is a loaded word that politicians use to shift the debate from a fact-based discussion to an emotion-based one where facts don't matter anymore.

I would argue the opposite; we need to get away from these loaded words and get back to evidence-based decision making.

I don't care what's "fair." I care what's sustainable in the long run. It's clear from Midden's graph that where we are is not sustainable, so we have to do something even if it's "unfair*," otherwise the whole country crumbles.


*In case it's not clear, in this context it means the 1% might have to pay a bit more than the rest of us.



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spaceloaf said @ 10:29pm GMT on 28th December [Score:1 Underrated]
I don't disagree with the list of problems, but I don't see what "fairness" has to do with anything.

"Fair" is a propaganda word that politicians use to justify their policies.

A Republican will tell you its "fair" that the top 1% gets to keep all their wealth because [insert something about "bootstraps"].

"Fair" is a loaded word that politicians use to shift the debate from a fact-based discussion to an emotion-based one where facts don't matter anymore.

I would argue the opposite; we need to get away from these loaded words and get back to evidence-based decision making.

I don't care what's "fair." I care what's sustainable in the long run. It's clear from Midden's graph that where we are is not sustainable, so we have to do something even if it's "unfair*," otherwise the whole country crumbles.


*In case it's not clear, in this context it means the 1% might have to pay a bit more than the rest of us.




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