Open data on the Human Development Index

How does the steady increase in the Human Development Index over time relate to our discussion of relative wealth versus absolute well-being? In your opinion, which is more important to focus on: human development indicators or economic inequality (if you had to choose one)? Why?

POLS 170: Investigating Politics 1. How much economic inequality is acceptable? a. Should we care more about absolute well-being or relative differences in wealth? Imagine an America in which even the poorest people are very solidly middle-class by today’s standards. They have enough to eat; they have jobs that are stimulating and thought-provoking; they have comfortable lives and

Week 6(2) In Class Activity

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