{"id":732,"date":"2026-05-12T11:05:58","date_gmt":"2026-05-12T16:05:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/trees.uniandes.edu.co\/?p=732"},"modified":"2026-06-04T12:25:06","modified_gmt":"2026-06-04T17:25:06","slug":"cuando-no-todos-cuentan-igual-por-que-la-desigualdad-no-esta-solo-en-la-chequera","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trees.uniandes.edu.co\/en\/blog\/cuando-no-todos-cuentan-igual-por-que-la-desigualdad-no-esta-solo-en-la-chequera\/","title":{"rendered":"When not everyone counts the same: Why inequality is not just in the checkbook?"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" src=\"https:\/\/trees.uniandes.edu.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/MasterClass-Leopoldo.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-837\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Inequality is not only reflected in income. It also appears in how we are valued, perceived and heard. In this masterclass, Leopoldo Fergusson, full professor at the School of Economics of the Universidad de los Andes and co-founder of TREES, argues that the most essential equality, the one that matters more than inequality of opportunities or outcomes, is that of being treated with equal consideration as members of a political community. Using everyday examples and research findings, he discusses the expressions of this type of inequality in Colombia, its historical and cultural roots, and the opportunities we have to overcome it. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The session is presented by Jhon Quinchua and was part of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.icesi.edu.co\/festival-pensar-en-voz-alta-de-la-universidad-icesi\/?utm_source=chatgpt.com\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-rojo-color\">Pensar en Voz Alta, the Icesi University Festival<\/mark><\/a>, which brought together open conversations on the future of democracy, the inequalities that permeate society and the impact of artificial intelligence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-3e41869c wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-rojo-background-color has-background wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/live\/o3I0EVXysUY?si=XOBIZpMWbZEMJ6jM&amp;t=658\">See the complete masterclass<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>La desigualdad no solo se refleja en los ingresos. Tambi\u00e9n aparece en c\u00f3mo somos valorados, percibidos y escuchados. En esta masterclass, Leopoldo Fergusson, profesor titular de la Facultad de Econom\u00eda de la Universidad de los Andes y cofundador de TREES, argumenta que la igualdad m\u00e1s esencial, la que importa m\u00e1s que la desigualdad de oportunidades [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":837,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"descripcion":"En esta masterclass, Leopoldo Fergusson, profesor titular de la Facultad de Econom\u00eda de la Universidad de los Andes y cofundador de TREES, explora las dimensiones culturales de la desigualdad a partir de ejemplos cotidianos y hallazgos de investigaci\u00f3n.","etiqueta":"Masterclass","fecha_evento":"","enlace_evento":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2,9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-732","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog","category-destacado-inicio"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/trees.uniandes.edu.co\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/732","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/trees.uniandes.edu.co\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/trees.uniandes.edu.co\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trees.uniandes.edu.co\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trees.uniandes.edu.co\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=732"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/trees.uniandes.edu.co\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/732\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":862,"href":"https:\/\/trees.uniandes.edu.co\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/732\/revisions\/862"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trees.uniandes.edu.co\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/837"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/trees.uniandes.edu.co\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=732"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trees.uniandes.edu.co\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=732"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trees.uniandes.edu.co\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=732"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}