Category Archives: economic inequality

Social Determinants of Health: epigenetics and chance events

Posted on July 1, 2024 by greg

The need to control information and incorporate new ideas to support the status quo is not new. During the Middle Ages, the predominant corporation in the West was the Roman Catholic Church. With the rediscovery of Aristotle in the Middle … Continue reading →

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The Path to Equitable Energy Transition

Posted on November 1, 2023 by greg

In the 19th century Bentham recognized the exploitive character of the capitalist relationship. Inequality and inequity are not interchangeable. Inequity is unfair, avoidable differences arising from poor governance, corruption, or cultural exclusion. It is the result of human failure giving … Continue reading →

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The Rise of the American Oligarchy

Posted on October 1, 2023 by greg

America is on the road to being run by oligarchs: creating a system of government where a small number of elites rule. Continue reading →

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The Populist Narrative on Social and Economic Inequality

Posted on September 15, 2023 by greg

Late-stage capitalism is a term that describes the current phase of capitalism, characterized by extreme inequality, environmental degradation, social alienation, and political corruption. Late-stage capitalism is not a precise or scientific term, but rather a subjective and critical one. It … Continue reading →

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To Create Positive Change That Lasts: Reduce Alienation.

Posted on September 1, 2023 by greg

The seventeenth century was one of the most turbulent periods in English history, socially, culturally, and for the monarchy. Traditions and norms were turned upside down as the pendulum swung back and forth between periods of war and peace, austerity … Continue reading →

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Error 404: the Need for Change

Posted on August 1, 2023 by greg

Georg Hegel (1770-1831) introduced a system to study history – dialectical thinking – a progression in which each successive movement emerges as a solution to the contradictions inherent in the preceding movement with the development of freedom and the consciousness … Continue reading →

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Impact of Marginalization On the Social Determinants of Health

Posted on July 15, 2023 by greg

Oxford reference defines marginalization as a spatial metaphor for a process of social exclusion in which individuals or groups are relegated to the fringes of a society, being denied economic, political, and/or symbolic power and pushed towards being ‘outsiders’. Marginalized … Continue reading →

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Universal Basic Income Can Provide a Temporary Fix

Posted on June 1, 2023 by greg

Determinants of health reflect underlying forces that are at work in the subsequent development of disease. The World Health Organization has declared poverty to be the single largest determinant of health. Poverty can and does lead to illness (due to … Continue reading →

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How to Address Inequities in the Era Woke Capitalism

Posted on May 1, 2023 by greg

Social justice as a concept arose in the early 19th century during the Industrial Revolution and subsequent civil revolutions throughout Europe, which aimed to create more egalitarian societies and remedy capitalistic exploitation of human labor. Social justice refers to a … Continue reading →

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How Fantasies Support Late Capitalism

Posted on February 1, 2023 by greg

The market is an anxious social fantasy, supporting the purported natural order in the economic realm. ‘Late capitalism,’ in its current usage, is a catchall phrase for the indignities and absurdities of our contemporary economy, with its yawning inequality and … Continue reading →

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