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visualizing inequality
One of my resources to keep in touch with development debates is Oxfam GB Duncan Green’s From Poverty to Power blog. Apart from his own interesting posts and guest contributions he regularly publishes a Links I Liked post that always contains click-worthy … Continue reading
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Tagged Brandan Reynolds, Branko Milanovic, Duncan Green, GAB, Inequality, Rory Gallagher, visualization, WAG
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servicing the ultra rich
The increased inequality brought about by financial capitalism (returning us to a world of patrimonial capitalism?) is accompanied by a thriving service industry that makes for fascinating reading. Just came across a piece on Quartz that I just cannot not reblog. It’s a … Continue reading
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Tagged Dub FX & Flower Fairy, freeports, Inequality, luxury good, Oxfam, Richard Wilkinson, Wealth report
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energy footprints
I have this thing with meaningless numbers turned into something sensible by a comparison, a visualization, or an analogy. And I’ve got this thing with inequality. An example I recently came across is the energy footprint of Bangkok luxury malls. … Continue reading
global inequality
It’s been a fancy for some time now and I keep being amazed about the scale of the disparity described by that bland term inequality. Just came across this graph. I knew about the basic stat already but my fresh amazement at … Continue reading
reblogging 4 Things You Probably Know About Poverty That Bill and Melinda Gates Don’t
Needs no comments. Two of the authors are associated with The Rules, the other one is an editor at this online magazine. I’ve had my serious doubts about the Gates Foundation from the moment I learned about the way it … Continue reading
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Tagged Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Inequality, Jason Hickel, Joe Brewer, Martin Kirk, poverty, tax justice, techno-optimism
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the art of making powerful comparisons, another example
About a year ago I posted a great example of the art of making powerful comparisons. Just came across another good example of bringing stats to life: an Oxfam Briefing paper on political capture and economic inequality contains this amazing statistic. Point … Continue reading
simple thoughts on sound thinking
If doubt is your middle name simple advice on how to deal with it in practical terms is very welcome. One discipline that focuses on exactly such practical advice is a branch of philosophy called argumentation theory. That in itself … Continue reading
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Tagged argumentation theory, debating skills, Inequality, Jean Wagemans, scientific thinking, The spirit level
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the art of making powerful comparisons
Just came across a good example of bringing stats to life: The top 100 billionaires added $240 billion to their wealth in 2012 – enough to end world poverty four times over. If you’re interested in how this was calculated, … Continue reading
inequality, development and politics
Inequality is suddenly a hot topic in development land. Should or shouldn’t it be part of the post-2015 development agenda? The Broker, a Netherlands-based independent platform and online magazine on globalization and development, has recently published a dossier on inequality, and … Continue reading
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Tagged Broker, capacity development, development indicators, Inequality, politics, post-2015, tax justice
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inequality is toxic
I’m normally swayed by social analyses that stress the complexity of social processes. You may expect quite a few posts to come on that perspective. But recently I read a book called The spirit Level, why Equality is Better for … Continue reading
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