Darrick Hamilton: How "baby bonds" could help close the wealth gap
达里克·汉密尔顿: 婴儿债券是怎样缩小贫富差距的
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抗压性,坚韧和个人责任感
grit and personal responsibility
and achieve economic success.
we call it the American dream.
exists all over the world.
of making this happen
所面临的挑战
所处的财务位置关系很大。
in which we are born.
that the United States government,
创建一个额度高达6万美元的
for every newborn
财务状况为参考。
of the family in which they are born.
婴儿信托基金,
a publicly established baby trust,
威廉·德瑞提
at Duke University and I
近代历史学家马宁·马拉布尔
historian from Columbia University,
these trusts is simple.
幸福指数的衡量指标。
of economic security and well-being.
economic security to take risk
经济安全以抵御风险
这样的词语来描述市场的收益,
to describe the benefits of the market,
选择权的却是真正的财富。
choice, freedom and optionality.
to finance an elite, independent school
精英大学时有更大的优势,
with higher amenities,
through campaign finance,
criminal justice system,
经济危机时都是如此。
resulting from any number of emergencies.
to economic security,
in the context of the United States,
applies virtually to any country
10 percent of households
of the nation's wealth
只持有了1%的财富。
owns only about one percent.
than class itself.
make up 30 percent
整个国家大约7%的比率。
of the nation's wealth.
大约17000美刀的财富,
has about 17,000 dollars in wealth,
却拥有17万美刀的财富。
has about 170,000.
of an absolute racial wealth gap
10美分的同时,白人家庭
has about 10 cents for every dollar
解决这些不平等问题。
to address these inequalities.
不平等也在加剧。
expansion, inequality grows.
has increased dramatically,
所产生的所有经济增长
from America's increase in productivity
中高阶层那里去了。
or the upper middle class.
around economic disparity
还有贫穷的借贷者。
economic circumstance,
or deficient knowledge,
让人们没有选择的余地,
and leaves people with no options
is not the magic antidote
政治和经济布局。
policies and economic arrangement.
the value of education.
intrinsic values to education,
接触到高质量的教育,
to a high-quality education,
all the way through college.
where the head graduated from college
where the head dropped out of high school.
the functional role of education
the functional role of wealth.
that begets more wealth.
婴儿信托基金的原因。
to capital for everyone.
would be held in public trust
to an economically secure life.
is not new nor is it radical.
of an economic Bill of Rights.
social security and moral security.
the Nixon administration,
regarding social mobility
government mandates to economic security
是解决一切问题的手段,
to be the solution for all our problems,
has shifted on to the individual.
落到了个人身上。
that even if your lot in life is subpar,
加上自由市场的诸多优点
and the virtues of the free market,
proverbial rags into riches.
is that the virtues of the market
that are not astute,
or those that are simply lazy.
也会因为懒惰而自食其果。
will receive their just rewards.
from this narrative
and structure of transactions and markets
和不平等的迭代循环。
of both stratification and inequality.
egalitarian and an authentic pathway
financial position
the economic rights to old-age pensions
social security program,
from cradle all the way through grave.
with an average account of 25,000 dollars
平均每个账户捐赠25000美元,
upwards to 60,000 dollars
in the social contract,
nominal account of about 500 dollars.
annual interest rate
以便抑制通货膨胀的成本,
in order to curtail inflation cost,
reaches adulthood
university education,
born each year in the US,
设置为25000美元的话,
is set at 25,000 dollars,
将消耗1000亿美金。
about 100 billion dollars a year.
of current federal expenditures
the 500-plus billion dollars
by the federal government
through tax credits and subsidies.
of that allocation
one percent of households,
大约1000亿美金的人,
of this entire allocation,
也只收到了5%的拨款。
receive only five percent.
in a more progressive manner,
所有的美国人做出改变。
transformative for all Americans.
to be worked out,
grounded in the functional roles
from the reinforcing status quo
that privileges existing wealth
已有财富的税收机制
做法是一种选择。
new wealth is a choice.
is at least as much a problem of politics
既是一个经济问题,
the false narratives
to individual personal deficits
the advantages of wealth.
or disadvantage across generations
and decent economy
in which they are born.
达里克。
to like in this idea.
一系列品牌化的东西,
that I worry about,
trust-fund kids have a really bad rap.
孩子有一个不太好的名声。
eyeball-rolling poster children
takes away motivation.
that it's not going to do that?
不会发生这样的情况?
如果你知道自己有有限的资源
you have limited resources
to investing in myself
narrative as well,
and going to face discrimination,
a resume-building strategy.
twice as good as someone else."
我们从不问要付出什么,
we never ask at what cost,
associated with that.
但是回到你的问题上来,
but coming back to you question,
将会收到一笔资产转移,
a transfer at a later point in life,
for you to invest in yourself
possibilities of life
来讨论这件事情。
for hours about this.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Darrick Hamilton - Stratification economistDarrick Hamilton crafts and implements innovative routes and policies that break down social hierarchy and move society towards greater equity, inclusion and civic participation.
Why you should listen
Darrick Hamilton is a pioneer and internationally recognized scholar in the field of stratification economics, which fuses social science methods to examine the causes, consequences and remedies of racial, gender, ethnic, tribal, nativity, etc. inequality in education, economic and health outcomes.
Hamilton'ss scholarship and practice, as well as his experience as a professor of economics and director of the doctoral program in public and urban policy at The New School, aligns closely to the work and objectives of The Ohio State University's Kirwan Institute for the Study of Race and Ethnicity. He will assume leadership of the nationally renowned research institute on January 1, 2019. In addition to serving as Kirwan's executive director, Hamilton will hold a faculty appointment in Ohio State's John Glenn College of Public Affairs, with courtesy appointments in the departments of economics and sociology within the College of Arts and Sciences.
Hamilton was born and raised in the Bedford Stuyvesant section of Brooklyn, NY. He is a graduate of Oberlin College and earned a PhD in economics from the University of North Carolina. He completed postdoctoral appointments at the University of Michigan and Yale University, respectively. He is a fellow at the Roosevelt Institute and a National Advisory Committee member of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's Policies for Action, Policy and Law Research Program to Build a Culture of Health.
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