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To Tackle Inequality, We Need To Start Talking About Where Wealth Comes From Meritocracy

To Tackle Inequality, We Need To Start Talking About Where Wealth Comes From

Yves here. While it was refreshing to see some Democratic presidential candidates depict inequality as an important political and economic issue, it would help if they sharpened their critique of why concentrated wealth is suspect. Too much inherited money lead to the creation of dynasties. As Bloomberg is so vividly…
bubmag
February 20, 2020
To tackle inequality, we need to start talking about where wealth comes from Meritocracy

To tackle inequality, we need to start talking about where wealth comes from

Image: Mohamed Hassan from Pixabay, CC0 Public Domain Do people in Britain resent the rich? According to two new studies published this week, the answer to this question is: not really.The studies, one commissioned by Trust for London and another by Tax Justice UK, explore public attitudes towards wealth based…
bubmag
February 18, 2020
Colin Kaepernick speaks: On his new memoir and why he still wants to play in the NFL Meritocracy

Colin Kaepernick speaks: On his new memoir and why he still wants to play in the NFL

Jarrett Bell USA TODAY Published 7:30 AM EST Feb 13, 2020 Colin Kaepernick’s voice is getting stronger. That much is clear as the former NFL quarterback plans to announce Thursday he is writing a memoir to be released this year through his newly formed company, Kaepernick Publishing, in a partnership with Audible.…
bubmag
February 13, 2020
AOC invokes MLK to defend comments calling ‘bootstrap’ meritocracy ‘a joke’ – Washington Examiner Meritocracy

AOC invokes MLK to defend comments calling ‘bootstrap’ meritocracy ‘a joke’ – Washington Examiner

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez defended comments she made about the "bootstrap" meritocracy by invoking Martin Luther King Jr. "I see that the right is worked up that we pointed out the myth of bootstrapping when 60% of the wealth in this country is *inherit…
bubmag
February 7, 2020