When most people say, “equality,” they mean income equality. Economists draw a finer distinction between income equality and wealth equality. Political scientists draw an even finer distinction between economic equality and equality under the law. Philosophers distinguish even more finely, looking at equality of opportunity and equality of outcome, and examining how equality itself is one of several elements that comprise justice.
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Quick hits
Half of the world is now middle class
https://www.brookings.edu/blog/future-development/2018/09/27/a-global-tipping-point-half-the-world-is-now-middle-class-or-wealthier/
75th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/auschwitz-holocaust-muslim-jewish-pray-a9299941.html
Foolishness of the week
A “just” Connecticut
http://www.senatedems.ct.gov/looney-news/3045-looney-200122#sthash.xHba9oNB.n5oMRw3V.dpbs
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/jan/24/conn-democrats-propose-new-state-police-department/
Topic of the week
David Schmidtz
https://freedomcenter.arizona.edu/david-schmidtz
Freedom Center podcast
https://podcasts.apple.com/vc/podcast/freedom-center-today/id1452115977
New Yorker: The Equality Conundrum
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2020/01/13/the-equality-conundrum
