Chris Oestereich

What do we do about inequality? Chris Oestereich

Wicked problems are the massive, intractable issues which tend to defy solutions, or even progress. They're interconnected and systemic, so attempts to affect change often ripple through in unexpected ways. Things like war, epidemics, and climate change are just a few of the things which the Wicked Problems Collaborative will take on.



Our first book "What do we do about inequality?" looks at rampant and growing disparities in various forms and looks to help the reader understand these problem from new perspectives, while also offering ideas towards creating outcomes that are more just than those that are currently endured.

WPC Book 1: What do we do about inequality?



OPENING VOLLEYS



WPC CONTRIBUTORS ON TWITTER



EDITOR'S NOTE



THE BLIND MEN AND THE ELEPHANT



PREFACE



INTRODUCTION



1. TO ADDRESS INEQUALITY, THINK GLOBAL Dylan Matthews



2. THE IDEOLOGICAL STRAITJACKET - Sean McElwee



3. WHAT DOES EQUIPOTENTIALITY BRING TO THE TABLE IN TERMS OF EQUALITY? - Michel Bauwens



4. INEQUALITY, UNCOUNTED - Alex Cobham



5. THE INEFFICIENCY OF INEQUALITY - Daniel Altman



6. IS CAPITALISM UNFAIR? - Chris MacDonald



7. THE PROBLEM OF INEQUALITY - Kevin Carson



8. TOWARDS RENOUNCING PERSONAL PRIVATIZATION - Nicholas Archer



9. THE INEQUALITY OF WILDNESS AND THE NECESSITY OF WILDNESS FOR EQUALITY - Megan Hollingsworth



10. THE STICKINESS OF INJUSTICE - Jennifer Reft



11. NOBLE FICTIONS AND SACRED TEXTS - Paul Fidalgo



12. THE VOICES THAT ARE NOT YOUR OWN: MAINTAINING CHOICE IN THE AGE OF THE ALGORITHM - John C. Havens



13. THE EMPATHY DEFICIT: WHY THE INEQUALITY CRISIS IS ALSO A CRISIS OF EMPATHY - Robin Cangie



14. BILLIONAIRES WITH DRONES: FROM OLIGARCHY TO NEOMEDIEVALISM - Frank A. Pasquale



15. WHAT SHOULD THE WORLD LEARN FROM THE EXPERIENCE OF INEQUALITY IN LATIN AMERICA? - Patrick Iber



16. OCCUPY SANDY AND THE FUTURE OF SOCIALISM - Sam Knight



17. THE "PLACE OF BIRTH" LOTTERY - David Kaib & Chris Oestereich



18. INEQUALITY AND THE BASIC INCOME GUARANTEE - Scott Santens



19. THE AGE OF INEQUALITY: CAUSES, DISCONTENTS, AND A RADICAL WAY FORWARD - Jason Hickel & Alnoor Ladha



20. TWENTIETH CENTURY SOLUTIONS WON'T WORK FOR TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY INEQUALITY - David O. Atkins



21. THE STATE OF AFFAIRS: HEADING FROM BAD TO WORSE - Adnan Al-Daini



22. THE TRAGEDY OF OUR MIDDLE CLASS - Peter Barnes



23. POST-SCARCITY ECONOMICS: WHY ARE SOME PUNDITS AND ECONOMISTS STILL ENAMORED OF AUSTERITY? - Tom Streithorst



24. INCOME INEQUALITY: WHAT'S WRONG WITH IT, AND WHAT'S NOT - F. Spagnoli



25. TURMOIL & TRANSITION - Harold Jarche



26. KNOWLEDGE, POWER, AND A POTENTIAL SHIFT IN SYSTEMIC INEQUALITY - Jon Husband



27. THE QUESTION OF INEQUALITY: A VIEW FROM INDIA - Akhila Vijayaraghavan



28. WHAT YOU KNOW IS BASED ON WHO YOU KNOW - Deborah Mills-Scofield



29. INEQUALITY IS ABOUT THE POOR, NOT ABOUT THE RICH - Miles Kimball



30. TO TACKLE EXTREME POVERTY, WE MUST TAKE ON EXTREME INEQUALITY - Nick Galasso & Gawain Kripke



31. ADDRESSING WEALTH EQUALITY WITH INVESTING SOLUTIONS FROM NATURE, NURTURE, AND SCIENCE - Rosalinda Sanquiche



32. THE LOGIC OF STUPID POOR PEOPLE: STATUS, POVERTY AND GATEKEEPING - Tressie McMillan Cottom



33. POOR CHOICES - Melonie Fullick



34. THE PARTICIPATION GAP - Devin Stewart



35. GETTING THE FRAME RIGHT - KoAnn Skrzyniarz



36. THE FIRST JOB CREATOR - Adam Kotsko



37. LIFE IN THE TREETOPS: A CHOICE OF CHASTENING PRIVATION OR DEBASING PROSPERITY - Chris Oestereich



NOW WHAT?



IT'S LONELY OUT IN SPACE



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