rising inequality
collocation in Englishmeaningsofrisingandinequality
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rising
noun[C]
uk/ˈraɪ.zɪŋ/us/ˈraɪ.zɪŋ/
an act of opposition, sometimes using violence, by many people in one area of a country against those who are ...
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inequality
noun[C or U]
uk/ˌɪn.ɪˈkwɒl.ə.ti/us/ˌɪn.ɪˈkwɑː.lə.t̬i/
the unfair situation in society when some people have more opportunities, money, etc. than ...
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(Definition ofrisingandinequalityfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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In turn, thisrisinginequalitycan be expected to have important political consequences.
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The harmful effects ofrisinginequality, according to this paternalistic view, are unlikely to be nullified by the positive effects of private land ownership on security or agricultural productivity.
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The downside of that policy, however, is higher exposure to the vagaries of the market,risinginequality, increasing social dislocation, and breakdown of social cohesion and community.
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Risinginequalitydamages social cohesion, leading to rising crime.
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There has beenrisinginequalitybetween the richest and poorest pensioners and, if nothing changes, that will continue.
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It is a background ofrisinginequalityin society.
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I note, incidentally, that although they have slowlyrisinginequalitythree of them start from a position of higher inequality than we do.
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The report looks at how thisrisinginequalityis reflected in the distribution of wealth.
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The figures in the report are part of a worldwide trend towardsrisinginequality, which is part of the way in which the global free market appears to be developing.
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I passionately believe that the trend towardsrisinginequalityand marginalisation of the world's poorest people and countries from the benefits of international trade must simply be reversed.
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The aid agencies believe that the current strategy of "third way" globalisation—market liberalisation accompanied by more attention to human capital formation—is insufficiently redistributive to reverse the trend ofrisinginequality.
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Britain is locked in a vicious cycle of poverty,risinginequalityand economic failure.
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Similar problems now affect the developing world,risinginequalityresulting from rapid urbanization trends.
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These are times of rising unemployment,risinginequality, rising temperatures and rising intolerance.
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The idea was to thrash out an approach to the countrys increasingly serious social problems and the generally held belief in the untenability of continuouslyrisinginequality.
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Clarks maiden parliamentary speech focused on his concern aboutrisinginequalityand his passion for social justice.
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In both these works he explored the effects of the rising inequalities in social conditions on the individual and the state in western societies.
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