Rich and poor, left and right, we all agree the world should be more equal. Dan Ariely and Michael Norton have spent the past decade analyzing the data. Now, they tackle what to do next.
Read here: The data shows we want to end inequality. Here’s how to start …
A point-of-view film by Alex Gibney: Park Avenue: Money, Power & the American Dream | Season 14 Episode 1 | Why Poverty?
Your economics, class, and assets make up your socio-economic level. What are the twelve levels?
Find out here: Can you name the U.S. socio-economic levels?
Flint, Ferguson, New Orleans and Baltimore — cities now inseparable from the national news stories centered there — became calamities for separate reasons. One was a natural disaster (made worse by human error), another a wholly man-made crisis. The two others began with police violence, but in disparate settings: the newly impoverished suburbs and the long-distraught inner city. Flint and New Orleans were failures of infrastructure, Baltimore and Ferguson a collapse of human relationships.
Analysis: How Flint, Ferguson, New Orleans and Baltimore are all connected – Houston Chronicle
How harmless choices can make a harmful world:
Parable of the Polygons – a playable post on the shape of society
In the post-World War II economy, most Americans lived in middle-income homes. But that has been shifting for decades. Today, middle-income families make up less than 50 percent of all households.
Read on here: The Tipping Point: Most Americans No Longer Are Middle Class : The Two-Way : NPR
