Inequality

Watch the 2022 SAGE-CASBS Award Lecture: Jennifer Richeson on the Myth of Racial Progress
Videos
May 2, 2022

Watch the 2022 SAGE-CASBS Award Lecture: Jennifer Richeson on the Myth of Racial Progress

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Keeping an Eye on Who We Cite – and Who We Don’t
Higher Education Reform
November 3, 2021

Keeping an Eye on Who We Cite – and Who We Don’t

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Jennifer Richeson on Perceptions of Racial Inequality
Social Science Bites
August 2, 2021

Jennifer Richeson on Perceptions of Racial Inequality

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Webinar: Myths and Realities of U.S. Inequalities
Announcements
April 28, 2021

Webinar: Myths and Realities of U.S. Inequalities

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Video: Inequality During COVID-19

Video: Inequality During COVID-19

“COVID has put a magnifying glass on existing inequalities,” says Jolanda Jetten, a professor of social psychology at the University of Queensland, “and it’s clear that the degree of suffering is unfairly on the shoulders of the poorer groups in societies, and also the poorest countries in this world.”

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Watch AAPSS Fellows Induction Event: Can Democracy Survive Growing Inequality?

Watch AAPSS Fellows Induction Event: Can Democracy Survive Growing Inequality?

“Can Democracy Survive Growing Inequality?” will be presented on January 14 as an online panel discussion, moderated by David Leonhardt of The New York Times and featuring the five scholars elected to the American Academy of Political and Social Science as 2020 fellows.

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A Shortened Census Count Hurts Communities of Color

A Shortened Census Count Hurts Communities of Color

The 2020 Census will count fewer Black Americans, Indigenous peoples, Asian Americans and Americans of Hispanic or Latino origin than actually live in the U.S. That will mean less public money for essential services in their communities, and less representation by elected officials at the state and federal levels.

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Inequality and COVID-19: Excerpt from ‘Together Apart’

Inequality and COVID-19: Excerpt from ‘Together Apart’

Social distancing is a privilege. It means you live in a house large enough to practice it. Hand washing is a privilege […]

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AAPSS Seeks Papers on Mitigating Inequalities Spotlighted by COVID

AAPSS Seeks Papers on Mitigating Inequalities Spotlighted by COVID

With the COVID-19 pandemic affecting nearly every area of household health, social, and economic well-being, individuals and communities across all parts of […]

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Why is Inequality Bad?

Why is Inequality Bad?

Here’s a clear, scientific reason drawn from the field of complexity economics to combat rising inequality: good business models that serve many people are becoming less profitable. Solid entrepreneurial ideas that would benefit everyone get passed over when there are easier opportunities to make money by catering to a few individuals with a whole lot of dollars to spend.

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James Robinson on Why Nations Fail

James Robinson on Why Nations Fail

Metrics on the average living standards from the best-off countries in the world (say, Norway) to the worst-off (such as the Central African Republic) vary by a factor of 40 to 50. So notes James Robinson

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Diane Reay on Education and Class

Diane Reay on Education and Class

One thing has become clear to sociologist Diane Reay across her research – “It’s primarily working-class children who turn out to be losers in the educational system.” Whether it’s through the worst-funded schools, least-qualified teachers, most-temporary teaching arrangements or narrowest curricula, students from working class backgrounds in the United Kingdom (and the United States) draw the shortest educational straws.

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