O.k.I see your point about wealth rather than money but the main point, concerning the average person, is that the rich-poor divide has increased year-by-year over the last century and this obviously does not help those of us who don't have a great deal of wealth or influence.
My point is that we can make a difference to this divide but only if we work together from the same book. My intention is to show people that spending their money on imported goods that they don't need is not going to do them any good in the long run but it is going to make the rich-poor divide even greater. By being resilient, people are going to become collectively more stable.
And if you haven't read the New Economics Foundation's site (neweconomics.org), I seriously recommend you do.
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Fri 8 Jul 2011, 16:19,
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My point is that we can make a difference to this divide but only if we work together from the same book. My intention is to show people that spending their money on imported goods that they don't need is not going to do them any good in the long run but it is going to make the rich-poor divide even greater. By being resilient, people are going to become collectively more stable.
And if you haven't read the New Economics Foundation's site (neweconomics.org), I seriously recommend you do.
I have read some of the site before, but......might give it another go.
I suppose my sense is that "imported goods you don't need" is so subjective. There's actually very little you need in life, and you mostly spend money on what you want.
My question over the rich-poor divide argument is that it is often postulated in a way that suggests two tribes, the rich and the poor, growing apart. Actually that's just not true. Grab the Sunday Times rich list and see how many are people whose parents were in there. Some obviously, like the Queen, but actually most have not begun life in that elite, and the wealthiest few percent are constantly changing.
I personally have no problem with wealth gaps IF (and only if mind) we also have mobility - i.e. it's not the same families being rich and the same families being poor. As long as that's true, I couldn't give a crap that some people have loads of money. Good for them.
(I suppose my sense is that "imported goods you don't need" is so subjective. There's actually very little you need in life, and you mostly spend money on what you want.
My question over the rich-poor divide argument is that it is often postulated in a way that suggests two tribes, the rich and the poor, growing apart. Actually that's just not true. Grab the Sunday Times rich list and see how many are people whose parents were in there. Some obviously, like the Queen, but actually most have not begun life in that elite, and the wealthiest few percent are constantly changing.
I personally have no problem with wealth gaps IF (and only if mind) we also have mobility - i.e. it's not the same families being rich and the same families being poor. As long as that's true, I couldn't give a crap that some people have loads of money. Good for them.
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Fri 8 Jul 2011, 16:24,
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