Word: egalitarians
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...this problem are far graver than some have interpreted them to be. For the first time there are definite limitations to raw materials, especially energy. Beyond that, there are rising expectations, which are largely the product of our success in a market economy. These expectations are referred to as egalitarian economics, and they pose a dilemma for Western governments. If qualitative excellence has been abandoned in favor of an egalitarian approach, that is a built-in contradiction to a market economy...
Okun's arguments are open to dispute. But he has set something of a standard of realism for liberals by considering seriously the cost in efficiency of egalitarian reforms-and by conceding candidly that the inherent conflict between equality and efficiency cannot be solved, but only made more bearable...
...fanciful and flighty, and lacking in rigor. The "woman's point of view" is considered to yield delightful and unexpected (because illogical) associations which form a fine complement to the more dependable logic of men. In feminist circles, the nature of the female imagination has been debated on more egalitarian grounds. There was a time when feminists regarded as counter-insurgent any effort to posit an imagination different from man's. More recently, however, women have come to note the distinction between nature (which is human) and experience (which has gender). Spacks uses the term "female imagination" in this sense...
...shouting and bickering always a good sign? Could it be that an egalitarian structure makes staff members go to the wall to protest policies they would tolerate on a more traditional newspaper, simply because they resent anything that smacks of hierarchy? Real Paper staff members recall instances of pitched battles waged over trivial matters, and many cite a sort of combat fatigue as a reason they now want to sell. "The place is a snakepit, it's awful," says...
...minor but nonetheless extant controversy: How should course instructors be listed in the course catalog? At the moment they're listed under their courses as Professor X or Assistant Professor Y, but the Faculty Council felt last spring that perhaps the listings should be more egalitarian. So the council decided to dispense with titles and use Mr. X or Ms. Y instead, in order to do away with distinctions of rank...