Music Break – Asian Dub Foundation
January 4th, 2011 by SocProf
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Archive for January, 2011
The Visual Du Jour – It’s Crowded
January 4th, 2011 by SocProf and tagged Population
Via Flowing Data: If I wanted to nitpick, I would note that population does not grow homogeneously but largely in the periphery while overconsumption of resources is a core and semi-peripheral phenomenon. But, heck, it is a preview and one needs to read the full feature: “People packed into slums need help, but the problem [...]
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The Visual Du Jour – The Rich Getting Richer
January 3rd, 2011 by SocProf and tagged Social Inequalities, Social Stratification
Via the EPI: As the article notes: “Wealth, or net worth, is a measure of a family’s total assets, including real estate, bank account balances, stock holdings, and retirement funds, minus all of their liabilities such as mortgages, student loans, and credit card debt. Although economic inequality is often described in terms of income inequality, [...]
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The Visual du Jour – Live Long and Prosper / Prosper and Live Long
January 2nd, 2011 by SocProf and tagged Health, Health Care
Via Le Monde Diplomatique: This is not surprising to see the contrast between the prosperous (at least until now) areas, in green where chronic illnesses prevail but are diseases tied to aging, as opposed to the semi-periphery and periphery where infectious / parasitic diseases are prevalent along with accidental deaths. Obviously, to be born and [...]
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