2. Name two ways in which the government
tries to ensure equality.
3. Why is inequality a challenge to
democracy?
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Answer:
2)The two ways in which the government has tried to implement the equality that is guaranteed in the Constitution is first through laws and second through government programmes or schemes to help disadvantaged communities.
3)A report indicates that governments tend to be increasingly poor and in debt.
Following the debates at and around the World Economic Forum, the increasingly unequal distribution of wealth around the world is increasingly relevant. A major study coordinated by the Paris School of Economics, with support from the Ford Foundation, considers wealth distribution between 1980 and 2016. The conclusions are worrying and call for urgent reflection.
The report points out that inequality has increased around the globe. In some cases, such as the United States, wealth has concentrated at an accelerated rate. During the past 35 years, the wealthiest one percent of the global population has benefited from 27 percent of growth, while the poorest 50 percent have only had a 13 percent share of that growth.
The report notes that governments tend to be increasingly poor and in debt, while individuals and private corporations increasingly tend to be richer. Even governments in European countries and the United States face unmanageable deficits, which limit their ability to implement redistributive policies, and increases pressure from individuals and firms.
If this dynamic persists, the middle class would be substantially reduced, leaving a world polarized between the extremely rich and the extremely poor. But this situation is not irreversible. Some countries have been more successful in combating inequality, especially through progressive taxes and greater investment in education, as well as increased transparency in spending, including private spending. In our region, inequality has been persistent, and even though poverty has fallen in some of our countries, income distribution indicators are harder to modify.
Unfortunately, this conversation is not part of the political debate in Latin America. Even those countries that have expanded their middle class, such as Chile or Peru, now face precarious employment, insufficient public services, and youth that feel passed over.
Answer:
The two ways in which the government has tried to implement the equality that is guaranteed in the Constitution is first through laws and second through government programmes or schemes to help disadvantaged communities.