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[https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/higher-rates-of-hate-crimes-are-tied-to-income-inequality/ by Maimuna Majumder 23/1/17 FiveThirtyEight] | [https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/higher-rates-of-hate-crimes-are-tied-to-income-inequality/ by Maimuna Majumder 23/1/17 FiveThirtyEight] | ||
An analysis of FBI and Southern Poverty Law Center data revealed one factor that stood out as a predictor of hate crimes and hate incidents in a given state: income inequality. States with more inequality were more likely to have higher rates of hate incidents per capita. This was true both before and after the election, and the connection held even after we controlled for other relevant variables. | An analysis of FBI and Southern Poverty Law Center data revealed one factor that stood out as a predictor of hate crimes and hate incidents in a given state: income inequality. States with more inequality were more likely to have higher rates of hate incidents per capita. This was true both before and after the election, and the connection held even after we controlled for other relevant variables. | ||
=====Full Employment and the Path to Shared Prosperity===== | |||
[https://www.dissentmagazine.org/article/full-employment-and-the-path-to-shared-prosperity/ by Dean Baker and Jared Bernstein 2014 DISSENT] | |||
There are many policies that can reduce inequality, but there is none as straightforward conceptually and as difficult politically as full employment. The basic point is simple: at low rates of unemployment, the demand for labor allows workers at the middle and bottom of the wage distribution to achieve gains in hourly wages, annual hours of work, and thus income. | |||
