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Creating the World We WantBob Massie and Tom Dodge have teamed up to engage the most creative leaders of our day in conversations on long-term solutions to society's most pressing problems. What kind of world do we want to live in? And how can we create it? Author: NewView.Media
Bob Massie and Tom Dodge have teamed up to engage the most creative leaders of our day in conversations on long-term solutions to society's most pressing problems. What kind of world do we want to live in?And how can we create it?These questions should be at the heart of every personal and public discussion and yet too often they are not. At the very moment when technology is increasing, too many are losing the desire and the agency to imagine a better future. Dystopian visions of the future fill our newspapers, our media, and our minds. We reject that.As the title of our program suggests, we want to take control of the future and shape it for the good. We are not powerless drones, but human beings with imagination and power. Language: en Genres: News, Science, Social Sciences Contact email: Get it Feed URL: Get it iTunes ID: Get it |
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S2E1: Income Inequality Analysis with Chuck Collins (Full Episode)
Thursday, 2 July, 2020
Chuck Collins is a senior scholar at the Institute for Policy Studies, Director of the Institute for Policy Studies' Program on Inequality and the Common Good and the Co-Editor of Inequality.org. As the grandson of entrepreneur Oscar Mayer, Chuck made the inspiring youth decision to give away his inheritance in order to authentically live a life devoted to addressing inequalities.-He is the author of the books, "Is Inequality in America Irreversible?" and "Born on Third Base: A One Percenter Makes the Case for Tackling Inequality, Bringing Wealth Home and Committing to the Common Good" (Chelsea Green, 2016).-Collins is co-author, with Bill Gates Sr., of "Wealth and Our Commonwealth", (Beacon Press, 2003), a case for taxing inherited fortunes, and, with Mary Wright, "The Moral Measure of the Economy", a book about Christian ethics and economic life. As an expert on U.S. inequality and the racial wealth divide, his team's Billionaire Bonanza 2020 report continues to gain global traction.-Timestamps:6:55 - 9:00 - Chuck talks how our society is judged by least among according to the Bible and that wealth isn’t everything9:00 - 15:45 - Talking about giving away his inheritance18:23 - 20:00 - Definition of wealth as archeological history of generational advantage and disadvantage and how this leads to a racial wealth divide20:45 - 24:00 - how billionaires made more money from the COVID 19 pandemic27:15 - 29:30 - Charity Stimulus Package33:00 - 35:30 - Oligarchy and Plutocracy Prevention Program - Surtax - stop distortion of our democracy38:20 - 42:00 - Global Tax System44:21 - 48:00 - Current movements exposing white privilege and inequality as America’s preexisting condition49:50 - 52:00 - How the Media is made up of 6 primary companies and how to break them up56:10 - 57:57 - Civic Imagination, it does not need to be this way - devote yourself
