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[https://www.economicshelp.org/macroeconomics/inequality/poverty-inequality-economic-growth/ by Tejvan Pettinger 28/11/16 ECONOMICS] | [https://www.economicshelp.org/macroeconomics/inequality/poverty-inequality-economic-growth/ by Tejvan Pettinger 28/11/16 ECONOMICS] | ||
Economic growth often creates the best opportunities for those who are highly skilled and educated. In recent years, in the UK, we have seen faster wage growth for highly paid jobs than unskilled jobs. | Economic growth often creates the best opportunities for those who are highly skilled and educated. In recent years, in the UK, we have seen faster wage growth for highly paid jobs than unskilled jobs. | ||
=====Economic inequality leads to democratic erosion, study finds===== | |||
[https://news.uchicago.edu/story/economic-inequality-leads-democratic-erosion-study-finds by Sarah Steimer 17/1/25 Uchicago News] | |||
According to study coauthor University of Chicago Prof. Susan Stokes, the research team was interested in situating the phenomenon of backsliding democracies in time: Why, in the early part of the 21st century, are we seeing power-grabbing, elected heads of government in two dozen countries? | |||
