Equity or equality?

Dr Melissa Derby, Ngāti Ranginui, Senior Lecturer Waikato University

3 September 2022, 12.8k views

What happens when the focus of government and institutions shifts from providing equal opportunities to equal outcomes? Is attempting to bring about equal outcomes a good idea – or even possible? Dr Derby tests this idea against evidence to see if what we think might be a good idea is actually a good idea in practice.