economic inequality
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4.1
- noun
- /ˌiːkəˈnɑːmɪk ˌɪnɪˈkwɑːləti/
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desigualdad económica
- The settlement house movement sought to alleviate distress by addressing underlying social ills: poverty, unemployment, and economic inequality.
- social and economic inequality
- political and economic inequality
- socio-economic inequality
What roles have government and private markets played in creating economic inequality, and what can and should they do to reduce it?
- What roles have government and private markets played in creating economic inequality, and what can and should they do to reduce it?
- So we're thinning out the middle, right, and therefore creating this big economic inequality problem.
- But what sexy selfies were associated with was economic inequality within developed countries.
Examples
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The focus was on social and economic inequality, dependence, and political authoritarianism.
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Of course, developing nations are frequently faced with economic inequality.
Academic text (1990) -
Social and economic inequality has been an extremely persistent problem in Latin America.
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After remaining steady for almost a decade, poverty and economic inequality have increased in Latin America in the last three years.
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Moreover, these programs also help reduce social and economic inequalities.
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In Gulf countries, however, rents/GDP rates are much higher and economic inequality is lower.
Academic text (2014) -
The contemporary climate of high economic inequality thus promotes a pattern of consumption that both reflects and maintains those inequalities.
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Many believe that addressing economic inequality could lead to a more just society.
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The government is implementing new policies to reduce economic inequality among its citizens.
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Rising economic inequality has been a major concern for activists and policymakers alike.
Synonyms
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4.2
A situation where some people have fewer rights or chances than others
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7.4
Unfair treatment that gives some people fewer chances or help
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3.4
The difference in how much money and comfort rich and poor people have
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An unfair spread of resources and chances between people or groups
How Unequal
Surface Forms
Morphology
This is fully compositional: 'inequality' means disparity and the adjective 'economic' specifies that the disparity concerns wealth, income, or resources, so the combined meaning is directly derivable from the parts. The adjective+noun pattern is cross-linguistically common and follows ordinary English modification, making it immediately understandable to a B1 learner who knows both words.
Etymology
Economic inequality combines economic meaning money and jobs and inequality meaning 'not equal'. Imagine some people with tall piles of coins and others with very small piles; this image shows why it means the unequal spread of 'wealth' or 'income' among people in a society.