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Democracy vs. Oligarchy Part 3: Who Shows Up?

Posted on March 29, 2016 by climatechangefork

(March 22, 2016): Close to half of the country – mostly that in the low income end of the financial spectrum – does not participate in choosing our government. The courts have amplified this inequality by allowing an unlimited use … Continue reading →

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Democracy vs. Oligarchy Part 2: Which People Vote?

Posted on March 22, 2016 by climatechangefork

Last week (March 15) we looked at three key findings: From the Pew Research survey of voters cast in OECD countries, the United States (ranked 4th from the bottom in the voters participation survey (2012 presidential elections) records about 55% … Continue reading →

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Democracy vs. Oligarchy Part 1: The Money of the Few Can Be Balanced by the Will of the Many

Posted on March 15, 2016 by climatechangefork

I have mentioned before that according to the Democracy Index compiled by The Economist, the US comes in last (#20) among the “full democracies.” Its score on this index is 8.05, compared to Norway (#1) which gets 9.93. One of … Continue reading →

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Back From Cuba

Posted on January 26, 2016 by climatechangefork

For the semester break I decided to “unwind” with a book about the Holocaust and one on the consequences of a nuclear Armageddon – one covering the painful past and the other looking at a possible end of human civilization. … Continue reading →

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Income Inequality – Climate Change

Posted on September 9, 2014 by climatechangefork

I just came back from a very intense week in Israel. I went there in the “middle” of a war between Hamas and Israel, which paused for a cease-fire a day after my arrival. This war has been between a … Continue reading →

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Income Inequality – Science Magazine

Posted on September 2, 2014 by climatechangefork

Science Magazine is addressing inequality; on May 23rd, they came out with a special issue dedicated to the science of the topic (not exclusively – there is other stuff in the issue as well). Other special issues of Science this … Continue reading →

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Inequality – Responses to Piketty

Posted on August 26, 2014 by climatechangefork

In last week’s blog, I focused on Piketty’s book and my reading of it. As I mentioned there, the volume of responses to the book was overwhelming. Some of the responses focused on the book, but many of them tackled … Continue reading →

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Income Inequality – Piketty

Posted on August 19, 2014 by climatechangefork

Summer is about to end and school will start soon. In a few days I will be going on a short trip to Israel to give two talks – one at the Weizmann Institute about water management and climate change, … Continue reading →

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Tag Archives: Income

Democracy vs. Oligarchy Part 3: Who Shows Up?

Democracy vs. Oligarchy Part 2: Which People Vote?

Democracy vs. Oligarchy Part 1: The Money of the Few Can Be Balanced by the Will of the Many

Back From Cuba

Income Inequality – Climate Change

Income Inequality – Science Magazine

Inequality – Responses to Piketty

Income Inequality – Piketty

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