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Tag Archives: income inequality
10 States to Increase Minimum Wage on New Year’s Day
From Keystone Research Center (http://www.keystoneresearch.org): Pennsylvania should follow the lead of these states and increase the minimum wage to boost consumer spending and accelerate the economic recovery HARRISBURG, PA (December 26, 2012) – The minimum wage will increase in 10 … Continue reading
Pennsylvania Among States with Fast-Growing Income Inequality
From Keystone Research Center (http://www.keystoneresearch.org): Middle- and low-income Pennsylvanians have fallen further behind top earners over past 30 years HARRISBURG, PA (November 15, 2012) — Income gaps widened in Pennsylvania between the late 1990s and the mid-2000s with earnings for … Continue reading
Posted in Economic Justice
Tagged economic divide, gap between rich and poor, income gaps, income inequality
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The State of Working Pennsylvania
From Keystone Research Center (http://www.keystoneresearch.org): Posted by Mark Price at http://thirdandstate.org/2012/september/happy-labor-day-2012 As we do each year around this time, the Keystone Research Center has released the State of Working Pennsylvania (http://keystoneresearch.org/media-center/press-releases/state-working-pa-2012-following-lost-decade-pennsylvanians-earning-less-). My co-author had an op-ed in the Patriot News where he … Continue reading
Young People Falling Behind Economically
From the Children’s Defense Fund (http://www.childrensdefense.org): While there is a lot of talk today about jobs, there has been far too little attention paid to the job prospects of young people. A new report prepared for the Children’s Defense … Continue reading
Fighting Poverty in the 112th Congress
From Catholics in Alliance for the Common Good, Common Good Forum (http://catholicsinalliance.org/thecommongoodforum.php): By Melissa Boteach and Katie Wright, Half in Ten Program, Center for American Progress February 9, 2011 During the last two years, advocates fighting poverty have … Continue reading
Spreading the Wealth
Shared by Faith in Public Life (http://www.faithinpubliclife.org): By Michael I. Norton and Dan Ariely – Los Angeles Times November 8, 2010 The gap between the wealthiest Americans and the poorest is bigger than at any time since the … Continue reading
Fast Track to Inequality (The Rich Get Richer…)
Shared by Faith in Public Life (http://www.faithinpubliclife.org): By Bob Herbert – New York Times, Opinion The clearest explanation yet of the forces that converged over the past three decades or so to undermine the economic well-being of ordinary … Continue reading
Radical Individualism and the Poverty Rate
Shared by Faith and Public Life (http://www.faithinpubliclife.org): By – National Catholic Reporter, Editorial October 1, 2010 The U.S. poverty rate reached 14.3 percent, the largest increase in more than 30 years, according to a Census Bureau report released … Continue reading
Income Gap Widens: Census Finds Record Gap Between Rich And Poor
Shared by Faith and Public Life (http://www.faithandpubliclife.org): By Hope Yen – Associated Press September 28, 2010 The income gap between the richest and poorest Americans grew last year to its widest amount on record as young adults and children … Continue reading
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Tagged income gap, income inequality, poverty, unequal income distribution
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The Spirit Level: Why Greater Equality Makes Societies Stronger
Published in *Commonweal magazine* (http://commonwealmagazine.org) BOOK REVIEW The Spirit Level: Why Greater Equality Makes Societies Stronger Richard Wilkinson and Kate Pickett Bloomsbury Press, $28, 352 pp. Amazon number : 1608190366 Mind the Gap Created *07/12/2010 – 5:11pm* Daniel … Continue reading