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The American Middle Class Is No Longer the World’s Richest

education, Empathy, Empathy Inequality, income inequality, Social Justice

The American Middle Class Is No Longer the World’s Richest

Today's report in the The York Times, The American Middle Class Is No Longer the World’s Richest, only confirms what many have been feeling for an increasingly long time. While our economic growth remains competitive with other nations, “trickle-down”, if that is what we are to call laissez-faire approaches to income inequality and social and educational [...]

By ronnie stangler| April 22nd, 2014|education, Empathy, Empathy Inequality, income inequality, Social Justice|0 Comments

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Income Gap, Meet the Longevity Gap (and What about Empathy?)

Early childhood development, Empathy, Empathy Inequality, income inequality, Social Justice

Income Gap, Meet the Longevity Gap (and What about Empathy?)

Where income is higher, life spans are longer. As incomes have diverged between this country’s richest and poorest counties, so have the life expectancies of their residents. Annie Lowry in the New York Times has authored "Income Gap, Meet the Longevity Gap,” in which she details stark differences in lifespan in otherwise matched locales, differentiated [...]

By ronnie stangler| March 17th, 2014|Early childhood development, Empathy, Empathy Inequality, income inequality, Social Justice|0 Comments