4.2 Flashcards

(8 cards)

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Causes poverty

A

Unemployment
Lack skills
Health issues
Income dependency
Inheritance

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2
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Causes changing poverty

A

State support
Gov spending / taxation
Horizontal equity
Vertical equity
High salaries = higher income growth

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3
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Uk poverty

A

Inequality wages growing
De-industrialisation - service sector job increases
Growth underemployment
Poverty growing

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4
Q

Finish coefficient

A

A / A+B

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5
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Kuznets hypothesis

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As society develops movement agriculture = industry inequality increases
( industrial workers wages increase faster than farmers )

Wealth redistributed thru tax + gov spending = fall

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7
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Piketty argues

A

Inequality increases as country develops as rate of return increase so rich get richer

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8
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Signifance capitalist economy

A

Income inequality
Wage differentials

Individuals own resources = differ wealth

Argues equality never achieved
Inequality = essential for capitalism

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