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Wealth, Capital Flight, and the Rise of the Information Society: Beyond Borders
"[B]y the year 2012, projected outlays for entitlements and interest on the national debt will consume all tax revenues collected by the federal government... There will not be one cent left over for education, children's programs, highways, national defense, or any...
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Bridge Building and Other Civic Infrastructures
A different approach to national dialogue- The title of this post is the same title of a presentation I'll be making on September 23, 2013, at the International Association for Public Participation (IAP2) conference in Salt Lake City. Will you be there? Tim Bonnemann...
Where’s the Opportunity?
Where is it? Access to opportunity is seen by many as the solution to the increasing gap in annual income and compensations. A graphic, from page 25 of a presentation by the Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisors, shows the growing pace of productivity (which...
Elephants in the room
What other issues intersect with those of Poverty & Wealth? The use of prison labor in the U.S.? High rates of part-time employment? Increasing the use of unpaid internships? Short-term and long-term impacts of delaying a generation from entry into the workforce?...
Communications to the 7th Generation
Introduction: Seven generations is about 175-200 years. This is seven cycles of one generation's children growing up and having children of their own. What they have to work with—or our legacy and their inheritance—is directly connected to who we are and the choices...
Poverty/Wealth in America — issue selected for national conversations
National Dialogue Network introduction video from John Spady on Vimeo. For a history of how this issue was selected, please review this report.