1. 'We can and should take action if the earnings of the rich set them apart from society'
- Author
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Giddens, Anthony
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EQUALITY , *SOCIOECONOMICS , *SOCIOECONOMIC factors , *INCOME inequality , *SOCIAL justice , *POVERTY , *PUBLIC welfare , *POOR children , *GOVERNMENT policy - Abstract
Argues that the new Labor Party in Great Britain needs to embrace an egalitarianism if it is to take further its commitment to social justice. Statement that Chancellor of the Exchequer Gordon Brown argues that economic stability and consistent growth are keys to social policy; Claim that social justice goes hand in hand with economic dynamism and job creation; Discussion of Britain's levels of employment in 2004; Reduction of child poverty and pensioner poverty since 1997; Decline of income inequality due to tax and benefit policies; Reference to a report entitled "The State of the Nation," from the Institute for Public Policy Research; Importance of equality of opportunity; Claim that society should not object to the existence of the rich, or seem to punish initiative or success; Cooperation between the public and private sectors.
- Published
- 2004