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Social Stratification

High Income Inequality Helped Early Societies Spread, Study Finds

The Huffington Post | Jillian Berman | Posted 12.02.2011 | Business
Read More: Business News, Class Warfare, Social-Stratification, Poverty, Stanford University, Economic Inequality, Income Inequality, Video, Business News

As political rhetoric surrounding "class warfare" heats up, a new study indicates that class stratification may help a society spread. The unequal...

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Whither Obama's "Economic Agenda:?" Will it Speed Recovery?

Danny Schechter | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business
Read More: Obama Agenda, Bernie Sanders, Social-Stratification, Unemployment Rates, Economic Crisis, Wall Street Bailout, Unemployment, Bailout, Economy, Banker Bonuses, Obama Administration, Recession, Business News
Danny Schechter

As we move into a coming Congressional recess, the Obama Administration has shifted its focus back on to the economy and wants to convince one and all that an economic recovery is just around the corner.

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The Trouble With Meritocracy

Mark Olmsted | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Read More: Meritocracy, Social Stratification, Capitalist Society, The Giving Life, Social Classes, American Meritocracy, Social Class, Social Inequity, Healthy Living News
Mark Olmsted

Here's the question society needs to ask itself: Do the "average" and "below average" have the same right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness as the "above average" and "excellent?"

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