PLAN100 Chapter Notes - Chapter 9: Progressive Tax, Spatial Mismatch, Compulsory Voting
2 Jan 2017
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Chapter 9: social polarization / growing division: inequality, neighborhood poverty, and. Ke(cid:455) (cid:373)easu(cid:396)e of so(cid:272)iet(cid:455)"s health is e(cid:395)ualit(cid:455) a(cid:374)d e(cid:395)uit(cid:455) a(cid:373)o(cid:374)g its (cid:272)itize(cid:374)s. Canada and its cities have been growing more unequal and increasingly segregated over time. National growth in inequality is due to rising inequality among adults of working age, as level of inequality among those aged 65 and over continued to decline. Over time, canadian political economy has done god job at reducing inequality among seniors but a poor job at preventing rising inequality among everyone else. National shifts in income inequality are reflected in rising inequality among households and i(cid:374)di(cid:448)iduals (cid:449)ithi(cid:374) ca(cid:374)ada"s (cid:373)et(cid:396)opolita(cid:374) a(cid:396)eas. Inequality has grown due to both increasing poverty and to higher incomes for the wealthy. Tatisti(cid:272)s ca(cid:374)ada"s lo(cid:449)-income cut-offs (lico) are often used (kind of like poverty line). Growth of high incomes that is even more responsible for household inequality.
