In the article, Mind the Gap, it is trying to address the problem of how inequality exists throughout all countries around the world. They start off by stating that inequality not only exists between countries but also within countries. The inequality gap of countries varies among themselves. It all depends on how developed a country is. Many countries have tried to fix the inequality gap that exists in their country but they have not been able to fully succeed in doing so. The article states that on country has had great success in helping to mend this gap between the upper classes and the lower classes. This country is Brazil. Brazil has focused on their social programs that will help the country. In the years 2000-2008 the income on the bottom fifth of their country grew at an annual rate of six percent. This was greater than the rate of the top fifth. Brazil saw the need to focus politically more on the housing, education, pensions, medical care, and unemployment in their country.
I have to agree with Brazil’s method of trying to mend the gap between the lower classes and the upper classes. If a country really wants to be fair to its entire people. It has to offer some sort of help to those who cannot afford them on their own. A country needs to be able to provide the same level and quality of education to those in the lower classes as they would the upper classes. If they do not a quality education then how would a country expect these people to afford a decent home to live in, or provide medical care for their families or to be able to keep a steady well paying job that will provide to them and their families for the rest of their lives. I feel that in order for a country to mend the inequality gap then the need to focus on those social programs that are going to be beneficial to everyone instead of just making the rich richer.
http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2012/03/01/confronting_the_rise_of_inequality?page=0,1
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