SSS in the News | Tackling inequality vigorously: Academics give their views
The Straits Times, page A28
In her address in Parliament, President Halimah Yacob spoke of the importance of tackling inequality vigorously, emphasising in particular giving every child a good start in life. Associate Professor Teo You Yenn, Head of Sociology at NTU wrote in a commentary that to tackle inequality, we must take seriously its holistic nature and resist the urge to quarantine it into neat containment areas. “Inequality is not a problem only of children and education, nor one tackled only by targeting the low-income. Public policy in many areas of life must prioritise redistribution and universal access to ensure everyone can meet their needs,” she wrote.
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