A World without Europe

November 28, 2010 Leave a comment

Expressing concern for the future of a world with a weakened Europe and in which Germany has given up on the Euro, the following signals that Europe is the last defendeer of a social system based on a strong preference for greater equality, as opposed to the US, China, Russia that increasingly tolerate great and rising inequality.  Certainly something to contemplate.

Mientras en Estados Unidos se tolera la más injusta redistribución de la riqueza en un siglo y en Rusia y China se celebra a los nuevos ricos que acumulan fortunas inimaginables, Europa sigue teniendo una enorme alergia a la desigualdad. ¿Qué prefiere usted, un mundo en el que el 1% de la población acumula el 95% de la riqueza, y el resto se lo pelea una masa pobre y excluida, o un mundo dominado por una vasta, creciente y políticamente poderosa clase media? Europa representa el segundo escenario.

via Un mundo sin Europa · ELPAÍS.com.

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Poverty Up in Florida–and Coral Gables?

October 6, 2010 Leave a comment

You may download a larger document below.  This is an especially sad state with the increasing number of children living in poverty in Florida.

…Since the  recession began Florida has had the largest increase in the poverty rate in the nation. The poverty rate rose to 14.9% in 2009, while the child poverty rate rose to 21%. 2.7 million Floridians, roughly 1 in 7 people, were living below poverty levels in 2009 and 1 in 5 children in the state were living in poverty. 2.7 million Floridians, roughly 1 in 7 people, were living below poverty levels in 2009. In 2009, 1 in 5 children in the state were living in poverty.

via Poverty rises in Florida , Florida – RISEP.

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