Schlagwort: inequality

Mexican Street Stories, Part 1

.Lesedauer 17 Minuten.

Finding myself for a month in Mexico City, in between traffic jams, delicious cuisine and warm-hearted people, I experienced unexpected situations during my fieldwork on informal employment. I would like to share some of these stories. Part 1 is about my encounters in one of the biggest grey markets of the country, Tepito, where daily […]

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Does happiness depend on the country you live in?

.Lesedauer 6 Minuten.

We all want to be happy and have grown accustomed to the belief that it is completely up to ourselves as individuals to pursue happiness. Psychologists at Harvard have analysed in their long-term „Grant Study“ the individual aspects of happiness, finding that social intelligence and close relationships to the parents determine the level of satisfaction […]

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The Cracks of the American Dream

.Lesedauer 8 Minuten.

Rags to riches, from the bottom to the top – the American Dream is one of the symbols of the USA everyone knows. The belief that one can achieve everything simply when putting enough effort into the own goals, has made the country a popular destination for people around the world. And, in fact, comparing […]

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Inequality – Again Part of the Public Debate?

.Lesedauer 7 Minuten.

Inequality has been an issue in many different spheres – regardless if speaking about human rights, social mobility and access to education or global economic inequality between developed and underdeveloped countries, we see concerning dynamics emerging from too big gaps of distribution of goods, rights, economic capacity, etc. Nevertheless, inequality hasn’t been perceived as a […]

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