UNA-ORLANDO - WEALTH/POV/INEQ INTRO Wealth Poverty Inequality

WEALTH, POVERTY, AND INEQUALITY

INTRO

Poverty is more than the lack of income and resources to ensure a sustainable livelihood. Its manifestations include hunger and malnutrition, limited access to education and other basic services, social discrimination and exclusion as well as the lack of participation in decision-making. Economic growth must be inclusive to provide sustainable jobs and promote equality.

-United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 1: End poverty in all its forms everywhere

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Wealth, shown to scaleWealth inequality in the United States is out of control. Here we visualize the issue in a unique way.

Global Inequality - Inequality.org

Trends in U.S. income and wealth inequalityBarely 10 years past the end of the Great Recession in 2009, the U.S. economy is doing well on several fronts. The labor market is on a job-creating

Forget Wealth And Neighborhood. The Racial Income Gap PersistsA new study finds that the gap is actually largest in America's wealthiest neighborhoods, challenging widely-held beliefs about the relative impacts of class and race on life outcomes.

Fighting Poverty and Inequality Are Crucial for Mental Health, UN Expert SaysMore emphasis must be placed on alleviating social and economic pressures to improve mental health.

World's 26 richest people own as much as poorest 50%, says OxfamCharity calls for 1% wealth tax, saying it would raise enough to educate every child not in school

Pay packet inequality growing worldwide, says new UN reportTop earners around the world have seen their share of national income rise in the last decade and a half, while everyone else has seen their pay packets shrink by comparison, UN economists reported on Thursday.

Wealth inequality has widened along racial, ethnic lines since end of Great RecessionThe median wealth of white households was 13 times the wealth of black households and 10 times that of Hispanic households in 2013, compared with eight and nine times, respectively, in 2010.

Economic Inequality: It’s Far Worse Than You ThinkThe great divide between our beliefs, our ideals, and reality

The Archaeology of Wealth InequalityResearchers trace the income gap back more than 11,000 years

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