Deep Inequality: Understanding the New Normal and How to Challenge It

ISBN-13: 9781442266452 / Angielski / Twarda / 2017 / 224 str.

Earl Wysong; Robert Perrucci

Opis

The subject of inequality has gotten a lot of press in recent years. Forbes recently predicted that by 2016 the richest 1% of the world's population will own more than half of the world's wealth, and the gap between the richest and poorest of the world only continues to increase. Deep Inequality looks behind these stark statistics to understand not only wealth inequality but rising disparities in other elements of life--from school to the media. The authors argue that inequality has become so pervasive that it is the new normal. And when we do recognize troubling inequality, we look at individual or small-scale problems without understanding the broader structural issues at play in the economy, the global political system, and more. Only by understanding the structural forces at play can we recognize the deep divisions in our society and work for meaningful change. Deep Inequality leads readers through various parts of life to show inequality and the surprising structural forces behind it. For example, it's easy to critique Uber as promoting business practices that are bad for worker stability and well-being. But Uber is one of many companies with shifting employment practices in today's economy. Deep Inequality explains the changing landscape of inequality to help readers see society in a new way.