Could you describe what you mean by "income based affirmative action"?
I ask because "affirmative action" (which the British sometimes more honestly and descriptively call "positive discrimination") is generally used to specifically contrast interventions based on group membership versus the needs based (or income based) interventions of …
Could you describe what you mean by "income based affirmative action"?
I ask because "affirmative action" (which the British sometimes more honestly and descriptively call "positive discrimination") is generally used to specifically contrast interventions based on group membership versus the needs based (or income based) interventions of a conventional welfare state. So I'm not sure if you are just using "affirmative action" in a broader sense, or if you are proposing some new hybrid policy.
Could you describe what you mean by "income based affirmative action"?
I ask because "affirmative action" (which the British sometimes more honestly and descriptively call "positive discrimination") is generally used to specifically contrast interventions based on group membership versus the needs based (or income based) interventions of a conventional welfare state. So I'm not sure if you are just using "affirmative action" in a broader sense, or if you are proposing some new hybrid policy.
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