New Right view on inequality
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- Created on: 25-05-19 11:16
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- New Right on inequality
- Trickle-down theory
- economic idea linked to politicians
- Industries owned by government are privatised
- wealthy pay less tax and more more profit.
- Money they spend stimulates the economy and creates more jobs for everyone benefits
- In 2015 - 160 conservative MPs called for tax cuts 45% to 40%
- Underclass (Murray)
- see inequality as a characteristic of the poor themselves
- Spencer - poverty was good for society as it encouraged poor to work harder
- Deserving (of help) poor people who are poor for reasons beyond their control and struggle to get out
- Undeserving - live by crime and scrounging. spend money on drugs (O'Brian)
- Cultural deprivation - poor have culture that keeps them
- Cycle of deprivation - poor transmit poverty to their children through poor socialisation
- Dependency Culture (Saunders)
- welfare sate and benefits support poorer people but creates inequality by trapping
- high benefits so feel no need to go out and work
- tax-free cash in hand work commits to support
- poor education and few skills
- Evaluation
- Blaming the victims of social deprivation and inequality for their own misfortunes when real issue is poor benefit levels and less opps
- Overlook the power of evidence against the nuclear family (fem)
- Policies are making people responsible for themselves - no longer be rely on the state
- Trickle-down theory
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