Tag: inequality

• ANALOG PRIVILEGE

  January 3, 2025

  This Article introduces “analog privilege” to describe how elites avoid artificial intelligence (AI) systems and benefit from special personalized treatment instead. https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4528278 more ›

• https://ift.tt/T6vDBzN

  December 14, 2024

  https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2014/06/the-pitchforks-are-coming-for-us-plutocrats-108014/ more ›

• The stock market vs. the hunger index: The painful display of India’s inequality during the pandemic

  January 24, 2021

  One of the world’s top 10 richest men is Indian, but nearly a fourth of the world’s poorest people live in India. And Covid-19 only made this paradox worse. “The pandemic has reinforced some… more ›

• “Brazil is Synonymous with Inequality”: Aerial Images Reveal Wealth Gap in Brazilian Cities

  December 29, 2020

  Most people are familiar with the concept of social and economic inequality, but although it affects a large part of the world’s population, it is still somewhat abstract for many… more ›

• Should the Rich Be Allowed to Buy the Best Genes? – Air Mail

  August 4, 2019

  Biology is the new tech. https://airmail.news/issues/2019-7-27/should-the-rich-be-allowed-to-buy-the-best-genes more ›

• ‘It’s totally unfair’: Chicago, where the rich live 30 years longer than the poor

  June 24, 2019

  Walking down 69th Street in Englewood, Chicago, near where she grew up, Michelle Rashad gestures to a rundown retail shop, across from a long open lot. “At this store, there’s… more ›

• Billionaires vs. Poverty: Behind a Push to Use Data to Boost Economic Opportunity in Cities

  November 23, 2018

  Billionaires vs. Poverty: Behind a Push to Use Data to Boost Economic Opportunity in Cities The philanthropies of several of the country’s wealthiest people are teaming up to push cities… more ›

• The 9.9 Percent Is the New American Aristocracy

  May 19, 2018

  The 9.9 Percent Is the New American Aristocracy » The class divide is already toxic, and is fast becoming unbridgeable. You’re probably part of the problem. For about a week… more ›

• Maximum Wage — How We Get To Next — Medium

  January 29, 2016

  Maximum Wage — How We Get To Next — Medium » Homepage Steven Johnson13 mins ago12 min read The acceleration of productivity we see in Silicon Valley has been happening… more ›