2.1.2 Economic Change and Social Inequality

• Social inequality refers to the unequal access to resources, opportunities, and outcomes
• Order the stages of economic change and their impact on social inequality:

  1️⃣ Economic shifts occur

  2️⃣ Industry types, job availability, and income levels change

  3️⃣ Skill gaps emerge and traditional jobs decline

  4️⃣ Access to resources becomes unequal

  5️⃣ Social disparities in wealth and health increase
• How do technological advancements affect low-skilled laborers?

  Job displacement due to automation
• Globalization can lead to job losses and lower wages
• Deregulation can reduce worker protections
• Before economic change, industries often focus on traditional sectors like agriculture and manufacturing
• Match the factors influencing social inequality with their examples:

  Income ↔️ High income leads to better resources

  Wealth ↔️ Inherited wealth provides advantages

  Education ↔️ Quality education enhances opportunities
• What widens after economic change in terms of resource access?

  Gaps in access
• What is the primary impact of technological advancements on low-skilled laborers?

  Job displacement
• Ensuring affordable, quality healthcare reduces health inequities
• Economic change involves shifts in industry types, job availability, and income levels
• What are some factors that influence social inequality?

  Income, wealth, education
• The benefits of economic change are always shared equally across all social groups.

  False
• Economic changes often concentrate wealth and opportunity in the hands of the privileged.


  True
• Technological advancements may require workers to re-skill.


  True
• What does economic change often concentrate in society?

  Wealth and opportunity
• What happens to job availability in traditional roles after economic change?

  It declines
• How do economic changes affect social inequalities?

  They can exacerbate or create them
• Steps to explain the link between economic change and social inequality:

  1️⃣ Economic change occurs

  2️⃣ New industries and jobs emerge

  3️⃣ Benefits are unevenly distributed

  4️⃣ Social inequalities increase
• Economic changes often benefit all social groups equally.

  False
• Employment programs always eliminate poverty.

  False
• Economic change always leads to increased prosperity for all communities.

  False
• Economic changes can create new social inequalities.


  True
• Economic changes such as globalization can lead to job losses for unskilled workers
• How can economic changes affect social groups?

  Exacerbate or create inequalities
• What type of economy shift can cause manufacturing workers to lose jobs?

  Shift to service-based economy
• Economic change involves shifts in industry types, job availability, and income levels.


  True
• Income levels typically decrease after economic change due to job losses.

  False
• Economic change always leads to positive social outcomes.

  False
• Globalization can lead to job losses and increased competition
• What is a key benefit of improved education as a strategy to address social inequality?

  Increases social mobility
• What is a potential drawback of wealth redistribution strategies?

  Political resistance