De Blasio's blunt discussion of wealth has resonated with many voters here, especially African-Americans and disenchanted liberal whites.
Because to talk about air pollution or infections or radiation would require a discussion of wealth inequalities, of living conditions, of asymmetry of information, of destructive environmental choices.
"We're going to discuss what reparations has meant and could mean, what concepts are embedded in the public discussion of wealth inequality, and what the relation of reparations might be to changing racialized wealth inequality, all while authoritarianism is both gathering force and contested," she said.
The modern period, too, has seen some sustained discussion of global wealth and poverty, most notably in Peter Singer's discussion of the ethics of global famine relief (Singer 1972; see also Singer 2002).
The last time the United States self-consciously thought of itself as rich, in the early 1960's, discussions of how the wealth should be shared were under way even before real prosperity arrived.
The GOP front-runner for the presidency, Mitt Romney, has in turn charged Obama with promulgating the "politics of envy" and said that discussions over the distribution of wealth were "fine" to talk about "in quiet rooms in discussions about tax policy".
"When we talk about inequality," Perry explained, "we really need to have more rigorous discussion about the accumulation of wealth, about employment opportunities, about all sorts of things".
For the purposes of this discussion "excess wealth" of a "legitimate" company is defined as that in excess of $1,000,000 USD worth held by each employee or investor in the company.
Church officials, sensitive to discussions of the church's wealth and power, declined to say how much the temple and chapels would cost.
Bankers for G.M. have already held a series of discussions with sovereign wealth funds in Asia and the Middle East, and the company expects to sell up to $2 billion in stock, people briefed on the matter said previously.
