If social inequalities were to reach new heights, their frustration and resentment could manifest itself fully.

In Latin America and the Caribbean, social and economic inequality remain endemic in many countries.

As economic inequities and social conflict in China have grown more acute, ordinary people have become increasingly angry.

But inequality and a sense of deprivation do contribute to resentment and social instability, threatening security.

Moreover, social services and social security will need to be strengthened in order to reverse a pattern of rising inequality.

Socialism, too, was a brave and necessary corrective to the social inequalities that emerged from laissez faire capitalism.

I would include social cohesion as part of the asset base it is the one that is depreciated by excessive inequality.

Moreover, if Europeans target social expenditure better, they might achieve a greater reduction in inequality with a lower level of social transfers.

So lower levels of social expenditure could involve only a relatively small increase in inequality and social conflict.

Without it, growth falters, job creation is insufficient, and widening income and wealth inequality undermines the social fabric.

But if we want freedom, then social and economic inequalities are a legitimate, and necessary, price to pay.

That plan identifies three major goals, namely, promoting social inclusion and reducing social inequality achieving environmentally sustainable growth aimed at generating employment and income and reducing regional inequalities and promoting and expanding citizenship and democracy.

Mauritians have chosen a path that leads to higher levels of social cohesion, welfare, and economic growth and to a lower level of inequality.

Yet the two countries share similar national development goals increasing their citizens prosperity, narrowing social inequities, and addressing environmental sustainability.

PARIS With the deepening of the economic crisis and the prospect of another recession looming large on the horizon, growing social inequality has become an increasingly urgent issue.

The challenge in the next 15 years will be to consolidate the advances made, continue to reduce social inequality, and eradicate extreme poverty.

In the years leading up to the crisis, inequality rose in many countries, with worrisome consequences for social cohesion.

India's economy is growing almost as fast as China's, with a similar increase in inequality and, to some extent, corruption.

This is why Calderón s opponent in July s presidential election, the populist Andrés Manuel López Obrador, obtained such a large percentage of the vote compared to the Mexican left s previous high water mark in the election of 2000.

A comprehensive program to increase economic opportunity and reduce inequality is also needed its goal being to remove, within the next decade, America s distinction as the advanced country with the highest inequality and the least social mobility.

First, social inequality has grown unabated in the West over the last quarter century, owing in part to the disappearance of the Soviet Union and, with it, the threat of expansionist communism.

The Great Recession has exacerbated inequality, with cutbacks in basic social expenditures and with high unemployment putting downward pressure on wages.

Moreover, with social and economic inequality on the rise, certain phenomena such as sexual exploitation and trafficking in women had become even more widespread.

Social exclusion and personalized power through wealth are always unacceptable. But if we want freedom, then social and economic inequalities are a legitimate, and necessary, price to pay.

The Inequality Trifecta

An Inequality Tax

Inequality and Discontent

The Heirs of Inequality

The Inequality Trap

What most European countries get for their social expenditure is a lot of state provision of services, and not much reduction in social inequality.

Today, the issue has returned to the forefront because of a new fight against racial discrimination, which appears to require more accurate measures of social inequality.

But, as he suggests, the share of inherited wealth may turn out to be a strong indicator of whether that rate of growth will be enough to ensure greater social mobility and reduce economic inequality.

The combination of economic growth (now in reverse because of the global crisis) and atrocious levels of inequality and social segmentation will continue to breed the same unmet expectations and social resentment that cleared Chávez s path to power.

Restriction on firing employees, for example, may protect people who have jobs, but often at the expense of the unemployed, thus increasing social exclusion. Even where high levels of social transfers actually do reduce inequality (and therefore presumably increase cohesion), they may undermine inter communal relations if ethnic minorities are perceived as being strong net beneficiaries.

But emphasizing the reduction of social inequalities does not sit easily with America s profoundly individualistic ethos, and the attempt to Europeanize the nature of the social contract between the state and its citizens might yet crash against the constitutive principles of the American system.

They know that their cities are also vulnerable to urban violence, in so far as they have pockets of social inequality, including marginalized and excluded young people.

In places like south Lebanon, which suffer from deep social cleavages and inequalities, free elections and free trade hold little resonance for people who are impoverished and marginalized.

It was also stressed that all countries and situations should be covered by the MTSP, based on specific needs and the need to address disparities, social exclusion and the most marginalized groups.

Inequality, Immigration, and Hypocrisy

Inequality and the American Child

China s War on Inequality

China s economy and politics, ideologically transformed in all but name, will soon need to be adapted to address rising social inequality.

There is no doubt that income inequality is the single biggest threat to social stability around the world, whether it is in the United States, the European periphery, or China.

Good and Bad Inequality

When Inequality Kills