http://www.abc.net.a...-before/9462440
Steven Pinker: "Globally, inequality is decreasing. That is, if you don't look within a wealthy country like Britain or the United States, but look across the globe either comparing countries or comparing people worldwide. As best as we can tell, inequality is decreasing because so many poor countries are getting richer faster than rich countries are getting richer. Now within the wealthy countries of the anglosphere, inequality is increasing. And although inequality brings with it a number of serious problems such as disproportionate political power to the wealthy. But inequality itself is not a problem. What we have to focus on is the wellbeing of those at the bottom end of the scale, the poor and the lower middle class. And those have not actually been decreasing once you take into account government transfers and benefits. Now this is a reason we shouldn't take for granted, the important role of government transfers and benefits. It's one of the reasons why the non-English speaking wealthy democracies tend to have greater equality than the English speaking ones. But we shouldn't confuse inequality with poverty."
Pinker je totalno u pravu i sjajna mu je ova nova knjiga o Prosvetiteljstvu. Medjutim, sta pomaze kad ima toliko idiota koji negiraju progres svuda oko nas...
