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inequality

[in-i-kwol-i-tee] / ˌɪn ɪˈkwɒl ɪ ti /


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McMillon will be joined on the data task force by two economics professors, Raj Chetty of Harvard University and Kevin Murphy of the University of Chicago, who are experts on income inequality.

From MarketWatch • Jul. 9, 2026

It would also help to reduce inequality and support young people in accessing housing, founding startups and finding jobs, he added.

From Barron's • Jul. 7, 2026

He warned that the new curriculum, which was designed to address inequality in education - free for all children in Kenya - could end up doing the opposite if the problems were not urgently addressed.

From BBC • Jul. 4, 2026

Bardelli published a research article in 2022 about inequality within prison commissary stores.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 1, 2026

Without equality, eugenics would inevitably falter on the false premise that social ills, such as vagrancy, pauperism, deviance, alcoholism, and feeblemindedness were genetic ills—while, in fact, they merely reflected inequality.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee




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