What do we do about inequality?
St. Louis, MO / Bangkok, Thailand – The Wicked Problems Collaborative (WPC) is proud to announce the release of our debut offering, “WPC Book 1: What do we do about inequality?” on U.S. Labor Day (9/5/16).
The economy isn’t working for most of us. Sure, a few have done exceptionally well in the wake of the Great Recession (Oxfam recently found that the world’s 62 richest people now have as much wealth as half of humanity), but most of us are working harder just to stay in place—while ever greater numbers find themselves unable to do even that.
But economic concerns are just the starting point. “What do we do about inequality?” works to inform the reader on a range of issues (including: wealth, income, race, access, power, and education) where imbalances foster unjust outcomes and threaten order. In tackling these issues, the WPC’s academics, activists, artists, business and NGO leaders, economists, and journalists offer 37 essays that work to help the reader see opportunities to move forward in collectively beneficial ways. (Chapter titles with author names and links to Twitter bios and affiliations are available at the bottom.)
- Academics, Book Reviewers, and Journalists can request advance review copies here: (google form)
- Journalists can request interviews via the WPC’s publisher, Chris Oestereich: (email)
Our next effort takes aim at the promise and peril of applying scientific advances. “What do we do with technology?” is due out in late 2017.
Learn more about:
- WPC Book 1: wickedproblemscollaborative.com/books/book-1-what-do-we-do-about-inequality/
- Wicked problems: wickedproblemscollaborative.com/wicked-problems/
- Our collaborators: sway.com/wNkHIGRrga45-mMq
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WPC Book 1: What do we do about inequality?
(Chapter title | Author/twitter link – Affiliation)
- TO ADDRESS INEQUALITY, THINK GLOBAL | Dylan Matthews – Vox
- THE IDEOLOGICAL STRAITJACKET | Sean McElwee – Demos
- WHAT DOES EQUIPOTENTIALITY BRING TO THE TABLE IN TERMS OF EQUALITY? | Michel Bauwens – p2p Foundation
- INEQUALITY, UNCOUNTED | Alex Cobham – Tax Justice Network
- THE INEFFICIENCY OF INEQUALITY | Daniel Altman – NYU Stern
- IS CAPITALISM UNFAIR? | Chris MacDonald – Ryerson University
- THE PROBLEM OF INEQUALITY | Kevin Carson – Center for a Stateless Society
- TOWARDS RENOUNCING PERSONAL PRIVATIZATION | Nicholas Archer – Middlesex County College
- THE INEQUALITY OF WILDNESS AND THE NECESSITY OF WILDNESS FOR EQUALITY | Megan Hollingsworth – Extinction Witness
- THE STICKINESS OF INJUSTICE | Jennifer Reft – reftpt
- NOBLE FICTIONS AND SACRED TEXTS | Paul Fidalgo– Center for Inquiry
- THE VOICES THAT ARE NOT YOUR OWN: MAINTAINING CHOICE IN THE AGE OF THE ALGORITHM | John C. Havens – johnchavens.com
- THE EMPATHY DEFICIT: WHY THE INEQUALITY CRISIS IS ALSO A CRISIS OF EMPATHY | Robin Cangie – robinoula
- BILLIONAIRES WITH DRONES: FROM OLIGARCHY TO NEOMEDIEVALISM | Frank A. Pasquale – University of Maryland
- WHAT SHOULD THE WORLD LEARN FROM THE EXPERIENCE OF INEQUALITY IN LATIN AMERICA? | Patrick Iber – University of Texas at El Paso
- OCCUPY SANDY AND THE FUTURE OF SOCIALISM | Sam Knight – The District Sentinel
- THE “PLACE OF BIRTH” LOTTERY | David Kaib – American University & Chris Oestereich – WPC
- INEQUALITY AND THE BASIC INCOME GUARANTEE | Scott Santens – scottsantens.com
- THE AGE OF INEQUALITY: CAUSES, DISCONTENTS, AND A RADICAL WAY FORWARD | Jason Hickel – LSE & Alnoor Ladha – The Rules
- TWENTIETH CENTURY SOLUTIONS WON’T WORK FOR TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY INEQUALITY | David O. Atkins – Washington Monthly
- THE STATE OF AFFAIRS: HEADING FROM BAD TO WORSE | Adnan Al-Daini – Foreign Policy Journal
- THE TRAGEDY OF OUR MIDDLE CLASS | Peter Barnes – peter-barnes.org
- POST-SCARCITY ECONOMICS: WHY ARE SOME PUNDITS AND ECONOMISTS STILL ENAMORED OF AUSTERITY? | Tom Streithorst – LARB
- INCOME INEQUALITY: WHAT’S WRONG WITH IT, AND WHAT’S NOT | F. Spagnoli – Cosmologically Insignificant
- TURMOIL & TRANSITION | Harold Jarche – jarche.com
- KNOWLEDGE, POWER, AND A POTENTIAL SHIFT IN SYSTEMIC INEQUALITY | Jon Husband – Wirearchy
- THE QUESTION OF INEQUALITY: A VIEW FROM INDIA | Akhila Vijayaraghavan – The Green Den
- WHAT YOU KNOW IS BASED ON WHO YOU KNOW | Deborah Mills-Scofield – mills-scofield.com
- INEQUALITY IS ABOUT THE POOR, NOT ABOUT THE RICH | Miles Kimball – University of Michigan
- TO TACKLE EXTREME POVERTY, WE MUST TAKE ON EXTREME INEQUALITY | Nick Galasso – Oxfam & Gawain Kripke – Oxfam
- ADDRESSING WEALTH EQUALITY WITH INVESTING SOLUTIONS FROM NATURE, NURTURE, AND SCIENCE | Rosalinda Sanquiche – Ethical Markets
- THE LOGIC OF STUPID POOR PEOPLE: STATUS, POVERTY AND GATEKEEPING | Tressie McMillan Cottom – Virginia Commonwealth University
- POOR CHOICES | Melonie Fullick – York University
- THE PARTICIPATION GAP | Devin Stewart – Carnegie Council
- GETTING THE FRAME RIGHT | KoAnn Skrzyniarz – Sustainable Brands
- THE FIRST JOB CREATOR | Adam Kotsko – Shimer College
- LIFE IN THE TREETOPS: A CHOICE OF CHASTENING PRIVATION OR DEBASING PROSPERITY | Chris Oestereich – WPC
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