Moral Geographies of Income: Perceptions of income inequality in the service industry in Vancouver
1) What do people think of income inequality? A story of hope or fear? 2) What are people's attitudes towards redistribution? 3) Do people worry about broader societal repercussions?
The perceptions of one industry
Service Sector- The most unequal
People in 3/4 different levels
An industry expert
Interviews and Focus Groups
Egalitarianism
Libertarianism
Different political affiliations
Liberal
Conservative
Equality via government intervention
Liberty vs equality
More equality equals less freedom
Government redistribution of income via taxes and benefits
Believe in equality of outcomes
Free market orientated
Believe in equality of opportunity
Against equality of outcomes
The Middle Ground/the third way
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Philosophical arguments
Rawls 1971
The difference Principle
The veil of ignorance
Original position of equality
Friedman 1962
Free market increase Prosperity
Inequality the price to pay for prosperiety
Hayek
Secondary Data- previous studies
Growing Gap, Growing Concerns Report
Moral Geographies (Lee and Smith 2004)
Cultural Struggles over what constitutes a just society
Social Justice Theory (Harvey 1971)
Injustices in the class relations of capitalism
The power of underlying social relations to define and structure notions of ethics and morality
The importance of ethics in improving the lives of marginalised others