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Session One: Economic Inequality: Realities
Agenda preview
Participant Introductions
Zoom rap
Music: Bruce Springsteen, “How Can a Poor Man Live Like This? Link to Music
Essential questions:
• What is economic inequality? Income Inequality? Wealth inequality?
• What is economic inequality? Income Inequality? Wealth inequality?
• What are the societal impacts of economic inequality?
Gathering: “A Vision/preferred state that I have for the US economy in 2030 is......"
Rick’s Rap
• course assumptions
• course overview
• angle exercise: (zoom whiteboard)
• homework for Session #2 Link to rick's blog
Video: Richard Wilkinson, “How economic inequality harms societies,” Ted Talk, 2011 https://www.ted.com/talks/richard_wilkinson
• Debrief in Breakout rooms
• Debrief in Breakout rooms
Closing: Something that I learned in this session was….
Readings:
• Jeffery Sachs, “Why America must revive its middle –class,” Time, 10/10/11
• Angus Deaton, “It’s not just unfair: inequality is a threat to our governance,” book review, Ganesh Sitaraman, “ The Crisis of the Middle-Class Constitution, Why Economic In equality Threatens our Republic,” New York Times, March 20, 2017
• Nicholas Kristof, "We're #28! And Dropping!" NY Times, 9/9/20 link to article
• David Leonhart, "A Billionaires World." NYTimes, 4/25/22 Link to article
Resources:
Video: Jacob Hecker & Paul Pierson, “Engineered Inequality,” Moyers and Company, March 1, 2012 http://billmoyers.com/segment/jacob-hacker-paul-pierson-on-engineered-inequality/
Well the doctor comes ‘round here with his face all bright
And he says “in a little while you’ll be alright”
All he gives is a humbug pill, a dose of dope and a great big bill
Tell me how can a poor man stand such times as these
Blind Alfred Reed, 1929, Bruce Springsteen/The Seeger Sessions Band
As I was reading the transcript of the Moyers video, I was thinking about how the Citizens United ruling would actually make the situation worse, giving more power to the top 1% to control who is elected. I wonder what the authors would say today about this.
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