POLI 474 Lecture 2: POLI474L2
16 Jan 2017
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Logistical matters: no laptops in lecture and conferences. Pr cis question: posted online (via mycourses) 1 week before your conference, 2 paragraph response. Normative explanation (value: the more unequal a society is . Marx > it"s not fair: want more progressive society. Instrumental explanation: equality = a means to achieving something else, 1: the more equal society is, the higher level of economic growth. 10-01-2017: if care about growth > care about inequality. Faster rts. of growth: eg. japan, korea, taiwan. Citizens = +productive = make better use of resources (acquire more skills) = Increase mobility: 2: equality leads to strengthened stability/ consolidation of democracy. = likely to be rife with ideological conflict: 3: social capital/ collective decision-making. What is the relationship between the top 20% (rich) of society and bottom 20% (poor) of society: look at total income earned by both groups, determines how equal/unequal the division is.
