What do we do about inequality?: (Wicked Problems Collaborative: Book 1): Volume 1

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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The Wicked Problems Collaborative is an experiment which looks to improve public discourse around wicked problems (climate change, inequality, poverty, species extinction, ocean acidification, etc.) through the promotion of new, divergent lines of thinking. The goal isn't to obtain agreement but to collectively evolve our thinking towards more nuanced, generative perspectives that will lead to positive change.