{"id":5770,"date":"2016-04-13T10:17:54","date_gmt":"2016-04-13T15:17:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/clippings\/?p=5770"},"modified":"2016-04-13T10:17:54","modified_gmt":"2016-04-13T15:17:54","slug":"income-inequality","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/clippings\/2016\/04\/13\/income-inequality\/","title":{"rendered":"Corporate Diversity Won&#8217;t Solve Income Inequality"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_5771\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5771\" style=\"width: 400px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/flic.kr\/p\/boHZb6\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-5771\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-5771\" src=\"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/clippings\/files\/2016\/04\/6820722517_801da9cdbe_o-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Photo by The Great 8, Flickr CC.\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/clippings\/files\/2016\/04\/6820722517_801da9cdbe_o-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/clippings\/files\/2016\/04\/6820722517_801da9cdbe_o-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/clippings\/files\/2016\/04\/6820722517_801da9cdbe_o-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/clippings\/files\/2016\/04\/6820722517_801da9cdbe_o-768x768.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5771\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo by The Great 8, Flickr CC.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Income inequality is a hot topic this election, and the Panama Papers have added fuel to the fire. Indeed, it seems that there\u2019s no end to the data that shows the discrepancy between the 1% and the rest of us. What will it to start seeking solutions to extreme income disparities?<\/p>\n<p>New research by TSP contributor <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sociology.illinois.edu\/people\/kleicht\">Kevin Leicht<\/a> of Urbana Champaign (available in an <a href=\"http:\/\/onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/10.1111\/tsq.12145\/abstract\">article<\/a> in <em>The Sociological Quarterly<\/em>) points us in the right direction. As he explains in an <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/business\/archive\/2016\/04\/is-america-having-the-wrong-conversation-about-income-inequality\/477024\/\">interview<\/a> with <em>The Atlantic\u2019s<\/em> Gillian B. White, the way social scientists and others conceptualize inequality is too tied to trying to increase diversity at the top rather than studying the economy as a whole. Furthermore, while we\u2019ve been very interested in inequality by race, we don\u2019t do enough to consider gender inequalities, particularly as they exist <em>within<\/em> racial groups. The popular narrative is that hard work can jettison anyone to the top, but research like Leicht\u2019s shows how outdated this notion is.<\/p>\n<p>To read more of Leicht\u2019s work, see his TSP papers, &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/specials\/borrowing-2\/\">Has Borrowing Replaced Earning<\/a>?&#8221;, &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/specials\/american-dream\/\">Economic Decline and the American Dream<\/a>,&#8221; and &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/specials\/old-narratives\/\">Old Narratives and New Realities<\/a>,&#8221; or check out our volume on the new sociology of debt,\u00a0<em><a href=\"http:\/\/books.wwnorton.com\/books\/webad.aspx?id=4294987593\">Owned<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Income inequality is a hot topic this election, and the Panama Papers have added fuel to the fire. Indeed, it seems that there\u2019s no end to the data that shows the discrepancy between the 1% and the rest of us. What will it to start seeking solutions to extreme income disparities? 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