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30 years of income inequality

30 years of income inequality. Why is high inequality a problem?. The five corrosions of inequality Health and wellbeing Social cohesion Politics Opportunity Economics. Effects of inequality 285,000 or 27% of our children live in poverty Third-world levels of infectious diseases

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30 years of income inequality

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  1. 30 years of income inequality

  2. Why is high inequality a problem?

  3. The five corrosions of inequality Health and wellbeing Social cohesion Politics Opportunity Economics

  4. Effects of inequality 285,000 or 27% of our children live in poverty Third-world levels of infectious diseases Long tail of educational underachievement Increased mental health troubles Low social mobility

  5. Getting by on $14.80/hourHomecare worker Tamara Baddeley’s budgetMuch worse for those on benefits…

  6. Money-empathy gap High imprisonment rates Growing ‘us & them’ ethos

  7. So what can we do about it?

  8. But… the national mood is changing Poverty&the gap between rich and poornow most often named as New Zealand’sbiggest problem Three quarters of people believe the gap between rich and poor has grownand that is a bad thing

  9. A kairos moment Just as the commandment‘Thou shalt not kill’ sets a clear limit in order to safeguard the value of human life, today we also have to say ‘thou shalt not’ to an economy of exclusion and inequality.Such an economy kills. Pope Francis

  10. What can we do together? Build a community for change Join forces Widen the debate

  11. What the government can do Adopt more socially just policies, focusing on lowest incomes: Universal child benefit Invest in good, well-paid jobs Lift minimum wage Broad-based fairer tax system

  12. A fairer, broad-based tax system Financial transactions ‘Robin Hood’ tax High income tax bracket from $150,000 Capital gains tax Wealth taxes

  13. What your organisation can do Host a meeting and invite us to speak to your group about inequality Encourage your staff, clients or members to vote Join the Living Wage campaign Commit to a maximum high to low pay ratio(e.g. Wagemark’s 8:1)

  14. What you can do Join the conversationfacebook.com/closertogethernz Get informed closertogether.org.nz Talk with your networks Write letters – MPs, newspapers & magazines Support local initiatives that reduce inequality

  15. Closer Together Toolkit Video talk by Max Rashbrooke Posters – for your workplace, church, community Fold-out flyer summarising the issues Powerpoint presentation How to write to MPs, newspapers, magazines Vote – How to Enrol & Why Book – The Inequality Debate

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