Darrick Hamilton: How "baby bonds" could help close the wealth gap
戴瑞克·漢彌爾頓: 「寶寶公債」如何協助改善貧富不均
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grit and personal responsibility
and achieve economic success.
達到經濟上的成就
we call it the American dream.
exists all over the world.
of making this happen
in which we are born.
that the United States government,
for every newborn
開立一個約達六萬美元的信託帳戶
of the family in which they are born.
a publicly established baby trust,
at Duke University and I
同事威廉.達里泰
historian from Columbia University,
是哥倫比亞大學的已故歷史學家
these trusts is simple.
of economic security and well-being.
economic security to take risk
讓人能夠承擔風險
to describe the benefits of the market,
選擇、自由,來描述市場機制的益處
choice, freedom and optionality.
選擇、自由、操作空間
to finance an elite, independent school
with higher amenities,
through campaign finance,
付得起比較好的法律諮詢服務
criminal justice system,
resulting from any number of emergencies.
任何緊急事件造成的困境
to economic security,
in the context of the United States,
applies virtually to any country
10 percent of households
of the nation's wealth
owns only about one percent.
總共只有全國財富的 1 %
than class itself.
make up 30 percent
of the nation's wealth.
has about 17,000 dollars in wealth,
大約是一萬七千美元
has about 170,000.
of an absolute racial wealth gap
有著絕對的財富落差
has about 10 cents for every dollar
to address these inequalities.
妥善處理這些貧富不均
expansion, inequality grows.
貧富不均的差距亦增加
has increased dramatically,
from America's increase in productivity
帶來的所有經濟收益
or the upper middle class.
around economic disparity
和貧窮借方的拙劣選擇
economic circumstance,
or deficient knowledge,
and leaves people with no options
is not the magic antidote
policies and economic arrangement.
the value of education.
intrinsic values to education,
to a high-quality education,
都有機會接觸到良好的教育
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.
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
to be the solution for all our problems,
被認為是解決一切問題的手段
has shifted on to the individual.
落到了個人身上
that even if your lot in life is subpar,
and the virtues of the free market,
加上自由市場機制的優點
proverbial rags into riches.
is that the virtues of the market
that are not astute,
or those that are simply lazy.
will receive their just rewards.
將獲得他們應得的回報
from this narrative
and structure of transactions and markets
交易和市場的規則和結構
of both stratification and inequality.
分層和不平等的疊代迴圈
egalitarian and an authentic pathway
financial position
the economic rights to old-age pensions
經濟權利相輔相成
social security program,
from cradle all the way through grave.
從出生到死亡的資本財務
with an average account of 25,000 dollars
平均每個帳戶兩萬五千美金的資助
upwards to 60,000 dollars
in the social contract,
nominal account of about 500 dollars.
五百美金的虛帳戶
annual interest rate
in order to curtail inflation cost,
以便抑制通貨膨脹的成本
reaches adulthood
university education,
born each year in the US,
is set at 25,000 dollars,
為兩萬五千美金
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,
of this entire allocation,
receive only five percent.
只收到了 5% 的撥款
in a more progressive manner,
transformative for all Americans.
產生革命性的改變
to be worked out,
grounded in the functional roles
from the reinforcing status quo
以行為去解釋貧富不均
that privileges existing wealth
new wealth is a choice.
是一種人為選擇
is at least as much a problem of politics
亦是一個政治的問題
the false narratives
to individual personal deficits
the advantages of wealth.
or disadvantage across generations
and decent economy
經濟安全以及社會流動性
in which they are born.
to like in this idea.
that I worry about,
我擔心其中的一點:
trust-fund kids have a really bad rap.
信託基金的孩子們名聲不佳
eyeball-rolling poster children
蠻不在乎的代表人物
takes away motivation.
that it's not going to do that?
同樣的狀況不會發生在這個方案?
you have limited resources
如果你知道自己的資源有限
to investing in myself
narrative as well,
and going to face discrimination,
a resume-building strategy.
twice as good as someone else."
we never ask at what cost,
我們從不問代價是什麼
associated with that.
but coming back to you question,
回到你的問題上
a transfer at a later point in life,
將收到一筆款項
for you to invest in yourself
possibilities of life
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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