"When they see the word inequality it makes them upset, because [it means] you want to take money from them."
Exactly. That's why it's their word. Inequality implies "taking money" from the rich. Lopsided refers to an inequitable set of rules, customs, institutions and outcomes. There's no need to "take money" from anybody -- just revoke their coercive privileges. On Tue, Jun 3, 2014 at 12:10 PM, Doug Henwood <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Jun 3, 2014, at 10:52 AM, Tom Walker <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Inequality is their word > > But there's this: > > https://www.jacobinmag.com/2011/06/liberalism-summed-up-in-one-anecdote/ > > Liberalism Summed Up In One Anecdote > > The Vulgar Empiricist > 6.17.11 > by Seth Ackerman > > I was in a think tank in Washington. The president of the think tank told > me: “Well, you can do whatever you want, but just don’t call it inequality. > Put the word poverty there. Because we have many rich people on our board, > and when they see the word poverty that makes them feel good, because [it > means] they’re really nice people who care about the poor. When they see > the word inequality it makes them upset, because [it means] you want to > take money from them.” > > – Branko Milanovic, lead economist in the World Bank’s research > department and the world’s leading authority on global income inequality, > in a February 8 lecture at the London School of Economics. > > According to Milanovic’s CV, the only Washington think tank he has worked > at is the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. Currently the group’s > board of trustees includes the CEO of PIMCO, the former chairman of > Caterpillar, and the head of global banking at Citigroup. > _______________________________________________ > pen-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l > -- Cheers, Tom Walker (Sandwichman)
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