How Much Inequality is Fair? (Venkat Venkatasubramanian 2017)
The Book can be accessed here. Summary: Extreme economic inequality is widely seen as a serious threat to the future of stable and vibrant capitalist democracies. In 2015, the World Economic Forum in Davos identified deepening income inequality as the number one challenge of our time. As many political observers remarked, extreme economic inequality, and its associated social and political consequences, played a significant role in the outcome of the U.S. presidential electi
Social policy in Brazil (2004-2014): an overview
The paper can be accessed here The point: I tried to demonstrate the relationship between the positive evolution of social policies in Brazil during 2004 – 2014 with the expressive decline in poverty and inequality. Especially the period after 2004 was a different period for the Brazilian economy, with sustained economic growth. According to the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE) data the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) increased from US$ 1.5 trillion in 2000
