Toxic Inequality in the United States: Economic Equality and racial injustice driving ugly politics
649 views · Published 31 January 2018 · 2:36 · Indexed 25 October 2026
Channel: University of Birmingham · 2018 · Education
On 19 January 2018 CHASM welcomed Thomas M. Shapiro, Pokross Professor of Law and Social Policy at the Heller School, Brandeis University, to speak about his new book 'Toxic inequality' which examines a powerful and unprecedented convergence in the United States: historic and rising levels of wealth and income inequality in an era of stalled mobility, intersecting with a widening racial wealth gap, all against the backdrop of changing racial and ethnic demographics. Learn more at https://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/social-policy/events/2018/01/toxic-inequality-chasm.aspx.
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