Hacker News with Generative AI: Social Inequality

The Math Says It's Getting Harder to Break into the American Middle Class (bloomberg.com)
As US Election Day approaches, inflation is largely tamed and wage gains have lifted incomes. Yet the economy remains the most pressing issue in the presidential race for one big reason: Increasingly, for many Americans, the long-standing building blocks of middle-class life feel frustratingly unattainable.
Economics, Social Inequality, United States, Middle Class, Politics
15 points by mgh2 35 days ago | 4 comments
Class 'Inequity' Fuels Air Rage (avweb.com)
A little-known 2016 study by Princeton University researchers is getting attention again for a different take on why airline passengers are so grumpy these days.
Air Travel, Sociology, Social Inequality
32 points by thunderbong 54 days ago | 46 comments
The American dream is dead for many. Social democracy can bring it back (theguardian.com)
The widening life expectancy gap between poor and rich Americans, which now averages more than 10 years, is perhaps the most dramatic example of a basic point that most of us take for granted: a kid growing up in a wealthy area is likely to have a wildly better life outcome compared to one growing up in a poor one.
Social Inequality, Economics, United States, Political Systems
11 points by rbanffy 65 days ago | 4 comments
The American Dream Feels Out of Reach for Most (wsj.com)
Social Inequality, Economics, United States
6 points by fortran77 85 days ago | 0 comments
Congress shouldn't pass AI protections only rich people can use (fightforthefuture.org)
Artificial Intelligence, Policy, Social Inequality
19 points by hassanahmad 86 days ago | 1 comments
Richest Americans Now Pay Less Tax Than Working Class in Historical First (newsweek.com)
Taxation, Economics, Social Inequality, United States
60 points by ahiknsr 195 days ago | 92 comments