Majority of the World Doesn't Have Same Opportunities
(10/28/97 11:00am)
Abiola Lapite's column ("Inequality of Wealth is a Force for Good," Oct. 22, The Dartmouth) was more than misguided, it was worrisome. It outlined the age-old argument that the inequality of wealth is a good thing because those who are motivated and work hard deserve the wealth that they earn, while the "lazier and less reflective individuals" among us deserve the poverty and obscurity that naturally accompany those traits.