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- Abraham Path An attempt to physically bridge the chasm between Islam, Christianity and Judaism
- Art not Hate A really interesting site about creative responses to conflict, especially artistic ones
- Benny's Blog Great site from an evangelical Christian Church of England/Episcopalian vicar old friend of mine Benny who is contesting Christian condemnation of homosexuality
- Correlates of War Project Excellent source of information on all forms of armed conflict
- Creating Reciprocity Great site about the role of empathy and reciprocity in conflict
- End of Economic Growth: Richard Heinberg Great site for information on why and how economic growth may be over; with profound implications for future conflict
- Equality Trust My old contact Richard Wilkinson’s data based site on economic inequality: an often missed vertical element in conflict
- Grist Organization I like the data driven approach of this environmental site
- Jerome Slater Really interesting Middle East expert and blogger with a mind of his own
- Josh Berer Interesting site on Arabic art by someone who has lived in the Yemen
- Move Him Into the Sun A blog devoted to World War 1 war poetry with unusual selections and critical comment. Very generative
- Natasa in Malawi I am enjoying Natasa’s (from Slovenia) coming to terms with life and working for an NGO in Malawi.
- Peace Mapping A really useful site that shows visual ways to re-frame conflict
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- Right Brain Blogger A really interesting insightful blog on creativity and its blocks. Really powerful insights that will help in conflict, especially our internal conflicts
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Tag Archives: income inequality
What Do the Top 0.1% in the US Earn?
Well as regular readers of this blog know, I like statistics. And I liked this table in today’s Real World Economics at: http://rwer.wordpress.com/2012/08/04/percent-of-income-earned-by-top-0-1-percent-of-taxpayers-6-countries-chart/ which shows just how increasingly skewed the share of US national income going to the top 0.1% … Continue reading
How Unequal is the USA by International Comparison?
One way to measure inequality is the GINI index which would be 0.00 for a completely equal country and 1.00 for a country where a Bill Gates earned everything. The index is described at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gini_coefficient The major international GINI index … Continue reading
Wealth Inequality in America a Social Psychology Experiment by Dan Ariely
I like this piece by Dan Ariely on an experiment he performed on Americans of every social class/income level: See original blog at http://danariely.com/2010/09/30/wealth-inequality/ Perform the following thought experiment. Remove yourself for a moment from your present socioeconomic circumstances and imagine … Continue reading
Mind the Gap: the Difference Between Productivity and Income Growth in the USA 1945-2010
There is a great post by David Ruccio on the Real World Economics site at http://rwer.wordpress.com/2012/04/28/mind-the-gap-2/ on the massive gap between productivity and income growth in the USA in the period 1975-2010. I am sure this picture would be reflecting … Continue reading
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Top 1% Share of US National Income Peaked in 1929 and 2007
Source: http://www.aflcio.org/corporatewatch/paywatch/
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Tagged 1%, 99%, aflcio, income inequality, Occupy Wall Street, paywatch
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Mitt Romney and the Politics of Envy
Another great piece from Paul Krugman via 3 Quarks Daily and the New York Times: See: http://krugman.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/01/12/be-vewy-vewy-quiet/?smid=tw-NytimesKrugman&seid=auto Be Vewy, Vewy Quiet Andy Rosenthal gets a bit of a laugh out of Mitt Romney’s insistence that the only reason anyone would talk about … Continue reading
A More Equal Christmas to All Our Readers: Occupy the Future!
I can’t think of a better article to post on Christmas Day than this piece via 3 Quarks Daily from Nobel Prize winning economist Kenneth Arrow. Economics and Inequality Kenneth Arrow This article is part of Occupy the Future, a forum … Continue reading
The United States of Economic Insecurity
Interesting tables in the Real World Economics site this morning, which show that 45% of US families are in a state of significant economic insecurity, finding it hard for their incomes to cover their operating costs. Almost half of all … Continue reading
Occupying Wealth Creation
Some time in the 1960s, politics became cultural. I guess this had advantages and a lot of positive things came out if it. But we lost sight of the fact the political systems rest on economic foundations, that politics shapes … Continue reading
Economic Pyramid
An interesting poster from 1911 from the US Industrial Workers of the World or ‘Wobblies’, which seems strangely topical, along with the FDR quote, though, as usual, I post to provoke thought, not orthodoxy. ‘These unhappy times call for the … Continue reading
