PACS 4500 Senior Seminar in Peace and Conflict Studies Section 001 Guy Burgess

Pictures

D2L

Online Reserve Readings

The Paradigms Anti-War / Protest Nonviolent Direct Action Conflict Resolution Peacebuilding Complexity?

Complexity

The Inequality Problem

Optimal U.S. Wealth Distribution ariely in press.pdf

Optimal Wealth Distribution

Support for Reducing Inequality

The 1% vs. the 99% Source: Non-partisan Congressional Budget Office

The Real Redistribution Problem Between 1979 and 2007 Income Shares for the richest 1% grew from 8% to 17% In 2007 alone this amounted to $1,100 billion For Comparison $586 billion -- Social Security $548 billion -- Defense $394 billion -- Medicare $276 billion -- Medicaid and other health related $90 billion -- Education and training $33 billion -- Natural resources and environment $32 billion -- Foreign affairs $25 billion -- Science and technology

Higher Education Access by Income df

Unemployment Unemployment-Rate-by-Age-April-2013.png

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Joblessness Index

Reich: The Truth About the Economy

“Perfect Storm” Mega-Worry Fall 2008 Black Swan Events

Occupy Protests

King / Kennedy Assassinations

Race Riots Detroit Watts Newark

Chicago Democratic Convention 1968

Kent State

US-based Terrorism Oklahoma City

Home Grown Terrorism

Terrorism & Hopelesness

The Multifaceted Inequality Problem problem.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss

The Undeserving Rich

Brooks Response inequality

Addressing the Inequality Problem Problems at the Top – Assortative Mating – The Super Star Effect – Money Addiction/Boundless Greed – Others? Problems the Bottom – Single Parenting – Criminal Behavior – Unemployment History – Low Educational Expectations – Scarcity-Afflicted Thinking – Others? Systemic Problems – Automation – Kludgeocracy – Reserve Army of the Unemployed – Zero-Some Mentality – Matthew’s Law – Stress Limits on Compassion – Under-Performing Schools – Lance Armstrong Effect – Prison Industrial Complex – Others

Problems at the Top

Assortative Mating The many reinforcing advantages of the elites and semi- elites

Super Star Effect

Money Addiction money.html?from=opinion

Problems at the Bottom

Single Parenting

Marriage and Poverty through our site and I will

Long Term Employment Trends

Low Educational Expectations expectations-are-too-low-in-the-united-states

Scarcity and Thinking city-Having-Little-Means- Much/dp/

Criminal Behavior

Systemic Problems

The Lance Armstrong Effect In a highly competitive environment, cheating (exploitation of customers, employees, and the environment) is the tie-breaker. The “win” goes to the best cheater. For capitalism to work, government must “level the playing field” by preventing cheating.

Robots

Technology Advance edman-if-i-had-a-hammer.html

Kludgeocracy

The Economy: Employers Market

Joblessness Index

Zero-Sum Society

Mathew’s Law “To whomsoever hath, to him shall be given”

Inequality & Compassion hardhearted.html?ref=thomasbedsall

Under Performing Schools

Tax / Subsidy Structure

So, You Want to Fly

Deal with All Aspects of the Problem Airplanes won’t fly without ALL of the parts

The Inequality Problem

Post-It Notes / Arrows X leads to an increase in Y X leads to a decrease in Y

Addressing the Inequality Problem Problems at the Top – Assortative Mating – The Super Star Effect – Money Addiction/Boundless Greed – Others? Problems the Bottom – Single Parenting – Criminal Behavior – Unemployment History – Low Educational Expectations – Scarcity-Afflicted Thinking – Others? Systemic Problems – Automation – Kludgeocracy – Reserve Army of the Unemployed – Zero-Some Mentality – Matthew’s Law – Stress Limits on Compassion – Under-Performing Schools – Lance Armstrong Effect – Prison Industrial Complex – Others

Complexity

Addressing the Inequality Problem Problems at the Top – Assortative Mating – The Super Star Effect – Money Addiction/Boundless Greed – Others? Problems the Bottom – Single Parenting – Criminal Behavior – Unemployment History – Low Educational Expectations – Scarcity-Afflicted Thinking – Others? Systemic Problems – Automation – Kludgeocracy – Reserve Army of the Unemployed – Zero-Some Mentality – Matthew’s Law – Stress Limits on Compassion – Under-Performing Schools – Lance Armstrong Effect – Prison Industrial Complex – Others