Thanks for your comments. As always thoughtful and insightful.
The evidence seems very compelling that growing economic inequality is doin=
g
our society much harm.
Fred
On Mon, Oct 25, 2010 at 11:47 AM, Bill Ivey <bivey01370@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi!
>
> Very interesting article, Fred. Thanks for passing it on. I pull out
> these quotes:
> "So, we're not simply talking about how inequality affects the poor.
> These effects seem to affect the vast majority of the population."
> "It isn't that health is worse in the poorest areas of our societies,
> but it's worse in societies with bigger income differences between
> rich and poor."
> "In the more equal states, two thirds of the population feel they can
> trust other people. And down in your most unequal U.S. states, and I'm
> afraid New York comes at the absolute bottom =97 but so do some of the
> southern states =97 only about a third trust each other."
> "Inequality is damaging to the social quality of life of all of
> us....) More equality seems to switch social relationships from being
> about status competition, where we think of where we are in relation
> to each other to how much we see each other as cooperative and mutual
> and with reciprocity and empathy being important."
> "And we find actually that innovation seems to be lower in more
> unequal societies, not higher."
>
> I see this as information I would want to share with our students and
> parents, to begin to shift the dialogue around alleviating the effects
> of poverty. It may serve to engage more people than the other
> approach, and at a minimum puts accurate information out there to
> which people can react. As noted in the article, a strong reluctance
> on the part of Americans to discuss inequality will be a major
> stumbling block in creating conversation. Ironic, isn't it? that
> Americans (many of us anyway) are so committed to equality that we
> won't even entertain the notion that we might fall short in some
> areas.
>
> A quick reaction. Thanks for bringing it up!
>
> Take care,
> Bill Ivey
> Stoneleigh-Burnham School
>
> On Mon, Oct 25, 2010 at 7:10 AM, Fred Bartels <fredbartels@gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > http://www.pbs.org/moyers/journal/04022010/transcript_inequality.html
>
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Rye Country Day School
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