Equity and equality

​Equity and equality in the world and Mexico

​Civics & Ethics 22-23

Poll

I believe that in Mexico there's a big disparity between the rich and the poor people

• I completely agree

• Probably

• I completely disagree

While the population stratum with the lowest income receives 101 pesos per day, the highest earns an average of 1,853 pesos, 18 times more.

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Mexico belongs to the 25% of the countries with the highest levels of inequality in the world.

​Mexico's situation

120,000 people, who represent the 1% of the wealthiest population, concentrate around 43% of the national wealth.

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If the country was a cake with 10 slices, a single person would eat four slices and the remaining six would be divided among 99 people.​

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​Nearly 40% of wealth is concentrated in the 1% of the richest population

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​What's the impact of globalization?

Means the speedup of movements and exchanges (of human beings, goods, and services, capital, technologies or cultural practices) all over the planet. It promotes and increases interactions between different regions and populations around the globe.

​Globalization:

Poll

I believe that globalization has reduced global inequality

• I completely agree

• Probably

• I completely disagree

​And all around the world...

​https://youtu.be/UmVmAQ3DtVE

Poll

I believe that in Mexico women and men gain the same wages for the same work

• I completely agree

• Probably

• I completely disagree

​Women on average earn 60% less than men. The national average daily income for a woman is 155 pesos, while a man earns 244 pesos each day.

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Poll

I ________ with the statement "Being born poor in the south of Mexico is not the same as being born poor in the north".

• completely agree

• Probably agree

• completely disagree

Mexicans who are born poor in the north of the country, one of the most economically dynamic regions, are almost three times more likely to leave their social stratum and ascend to a higher one. While in the north only 23% of those who were born poor remain poor, in the south 67% of them remain poor throughout their lives.​

Poll

I believe that $$CO_2$$   emissions aren't related with equality

• I completely agree

• Probably

• I completely disagree

​How high are carbon emissions inequality?

​https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wg_98AsEq6k

Poll

We are really reducing gender inequality worldwide

• I completely agree

• Probably

• I completely disagree

​Are we reducing gender inequality worldwide?

​https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AmWzu22bk_c

​References

García, A. K. (2020, 23 febrero). 5 gráficos sobre la desigualdad en México. El Economista. https://www.eleconomista.com.mx/economia/5-graficos-sobre-la-desigualdad-en-Mexico-20200223-0001.html​

​World Inequality Report 2022. (2022, 29 marzo). The World InequalityReport 2022 presents the most up-to-date & complete data on inequality worldwide: https://wir2022.wid.world/

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