"We really are living in a time of a disparity of fortune, which is greater than ever before." Chrystia Freeland
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Income inequality is at an all-time high between the haves and the have-nots. But can the poverty gap potentially be eliminated? In this hour, TED speakers share some big ideas about inequality and new ways we might achieve prosperity for all.
Great collection of mini-talks at http://www.npr.org/programs/ted-radio-hour/
I especially recommend Chrystia Freeland, Ernesto Sirolli and Niall Ferguson.
Start with Canadian Chrystia Freeland, author of "Plutocrats: The Rise of the New Global Super-Rich and the Fall of Everyone Else"
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"Plutocracy: The Rise of the New Global Super-Rich and the Fall of Everyone Else"
A Financial Times Best Book of the Year
by Chrystia Freeland
http://www.amazon.com/Plutocrats-Rise-Global-Super-Rich-Everyone/dp/1594204098
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"Politics and Economics: The 101 Courses You Wish You Had"
http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2012/01/politics-and-economics-101-curricula.html
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"The Daily Show Asks A Real Hostage Negotiator How To Handle The GOP"
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"What Do You Hate More? Poverty Or Obama? Brought To You By Spite"
Republican Rule And Economic Catastrophe: A Lockstep Relationship"
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"Jon Stewart Takes John Boehner To Task"
http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2013/10/malala-yousafzai-leaves-jon-stewart.html
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"Politics and Economics: The 101 Courses You Wish You Had"
"American Conservatives And Oppositional Defiant Disorder"
"Catastrophic Consequences Of A U.S. Debt Default Explained, Including A Depression"
"Conservatives Scare More Easily Than Liberals"
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Reagan Budget Director, David Stockman, who oversaw the biggest tax cut in the history of humankind: “In 1985, the top five percent of the households – the wealthiest five percent – had net worth of $8 trillion – which is a lot. Today, after serial bubble after serial bubble, the top five per cent have net worth of $40 trillion. The top five percent have gained more wealth than the whole human race had created prior to 1980.” "The Republican Party, as much as it pains me to say this, should be ashamed of themselves."
Bill Moyers interviews David Stockman
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"Politics and Economics: The 101 Courses You Wish You Had"
http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2012/01/politics-and-economics-101-curricula.html
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New Yorker Cartoon: The Invisible Hand's Impact On 90% Of The Population
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Republican presidential candidate, Pat Buchanan, the living American who has served longest as a White House senior staff adviser, observed: “The Republican philosophy might be summarized thus: To hell with principle; what matters is power, and that we have it, and that they do not.” “Where the Right Went Wrong"
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"The Reign of Morons Is Here," Charles P. Pierce, The Atlantic
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"A Southerner Explains Tea Party Radicalism: The Civil War Is Not Over"
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Diane Rehm's Brilliant Panel Discussion: "Possible Repercussions Of A U.S. Debt Default At Home And Abroad"
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"The Great Recession Vaporized 40% Of Americas's Net Worth. The Tea Party Intends Worse."
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"The Shutdown Is A Republican Civil War" by Ezra Klein
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Republican Rule And Economic Catastrophe: A Lockstep Relationship"
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http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2013/10/malala-yousafzai-leaves-jon-stewart.html
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"Politics and Economics: The 101 Courses You Wish You Had"
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"Sarah Palin As The Mad Hatter" (Image)
"Republicans for Revolution," A Study In Anarchic Apocalypticism
"Sarah Palin As The Mad Hatter" (Image)
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"Shocking Development: Republicans Shut Down Prefrontal Cortex"
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"Jon Stewart Nails GOP Demands For Re-Opening Government"
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"Shutting Down Government Begs The Question: Which Government?"
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