Inequality and Social Policy
  1. What are the weaknesses of inequality in opportunity?
  2. Explain how inequality measures compare to poverty measures.
  3. Why it is difficult to define “social policy”?
  4. What does it mean that economic crises often prompt or create political opportunities for new social policies?
  5. Who implements social policy?
  6. Discuss in brief the relationship between democracy and social policy.
  7. How does poverty compare to inequality in terms of economic growth?
  8. How can the impact of COVID-19 on inequality be explained?
  9. Is there a parameter of comparison between inequality and poverty?
  10. Mention some of the indicators used to measure inequality of outcome.
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