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3 Aug 2012
Cambridge | Class | inequality | Oxford | quality | university | Education
The universities of Oxford and Cambridge, sometimes known collectively as ‘Oxbridge,’ have for many centuries been seen as the pinnacle of higher...
11 Apr 2012
equality | income | inequality | poor communities | subsidies | Eurozone crisis | Economy General | Tax | Economy
A subsidy is a form of government assistance to a group or economic sector. A direct subsidy usually means that taxpayers’ money is used to help support...
2 Mar 2012
Sponsoring a child is a popular way of supporting charity work in the developing world - countries where people don’t have much money. Many charities run...
22 Feb 2012
Capitalism | Global Economic Crisis | inequality | occupy movement | Politics | socialism | trades union | unemployment | Government | Political philosophy | Society | Philosophy
Tactical note: One of the difficulties with any debate relating to ideology is that, to put it mildly, they raise definitional problems. Capitalism is...
26 Jan 2012
Charity | inequality | Religion | Sponsorship | Ethics | Morality | Political philosophy | Religion | Philosophy
About 23% of the global population lives in absolute poverty. In developing countries there is a low life expectancy, a high infant mortality rate, high levels...
26 Jan 2012
Capitalism | Cold War | free market | free trade | ideology | inequality | Market economics | organisation of society | political theory | socialism | Society | Economy General | Political philosophy | Philosophy | Economy
This article will focus on some of the disagreements between capitalists and socialists, the debate will be located in a loose general framework between these...
26 Jan 2012
Assets | Council housing | home | Housing | inequality | Second homes | Family | Economy General | Society | Economy
Despite the recession, house prices are historically high. With many people lacking disposable income, houses are still as unaffordable as ever. As a result,...
26 Jan 2012
Government | inequality | Politics | Redistribution | role of government | TAX | Treasury | Tax | Economy
An estate tax is a tax on a person's property at the time of death before it is transferred to anyone else. An estate tax is different from an inheritance...
26 Jan 2012
Banking | Bonuses | Business | Employment | Executive | Football | High Pay | inequality | Salary | value | wealth | worth | Employment | Finance | Economy
In the wake of the banking crisis of 2008, significant press coverage was given to the large salaries, bonuses and pensions being paid to certain individuals...
26 Jan 2012
Capitalism | Development | economics | free trade | globalization | inequality | International Cooperation | mercantilism | state capitalism | Tariffs | World Trade Organisation | Finance | Economy General | Economy
Free trade's virtues have been praised for three hundred years. By allowing every country equal access to all markets, the theory says, you guarantee the...
