Inequality is not just about the size of
our wallets. It is a socio-cultural order which, for most of us, reduces our
capabilities to function as human beings, our health, our dignity, our sense of
self, as well as our resources to act and participate in the world. This book
shows that inequality is literally a killing field, with millions of people
dying premature deaths because of it. These lethal effects of inequality operate
not only in the poor world, but also, and increasingly, in rich countries, as
Therborn demonstrates with data ranging from the US, the UK, Finland and
elsewhere. Even when they survive inequality, millions of human lives are
stunted by the humiliations and degradations of inequality linked to gender,
race and ethnicity, and class. giovedì 27 febbraio 2014
Diritto e società
The Killing Fields of
Inequality
Inequality is not just about the size of
our wallets. It is a socio-cultural order which, for most of us, reduces our
capabilities to function as human beings, our health, our dignity, our sense of
self, as well as our resources to act and participate in the world. This book
shows that inequality is literally a killing field, with millions of people
dying premature deaths because of it. These lethal effects of inequality operate
not only in the poor world, but also, and increasingly, in rich countries, as
Therborn demonstrates with data ranging from the US, the UK, Finland and
elsewhere. Even when they survive inequality, millions of human lives are
stunted by the humiliations and degradations of inequality linked to gender,
race and ethnicity, and class.
Inequality is not just about the size of
our wallets. It is a socio-cultural order which, for most of us, reduces our
capabilities to function as human beings, our health, our dignity, our sense of
self, as well as our resources to act and participate in the world. This book
shows that inequality is literally a killing field, with millions of people
dying premature deaths because of it. These lethal effects of inequality operate
not only in the poor world, but also, and increasingly, in rich countries, as
Therborn demonstrates with data ranging from the US, the UK, Finland and
elsewhere. Even when they survive inequality, millions of human lives are
stunted by the humiliations and degradations of inequality linked to gender,
race and ethnicity, and class. 
