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 ...
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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 PARTING SHOTS NEXT
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