Inequality Metrics and the Question of Power
By Jason Hickel, Jason Hickel blog
One of the main reasons we are concerned about inequality in the first place is that it allows rich people to exercise power over the lives of the poor.
Tag: Power
Why the Distribution of Wealth has More to Do with Power than Productivity
By Laurie Macfarlane, Open Democracy
How the fruits of wealth creation should be divided between capital, land and labour has been subject of considerable debate throughout history. In 1817, the economist David Ricardo described this as “the principal problem in political economy”.
Logic Of Power
By Vera Bradova, Leaving Babylon
When a group outdominates the current dominators, they become the new dominators.
Energy Crunch: Losing power?
By Energy Crunch staff, New Economics Foundation
Should we be worried about the threat of a cold dark winter?
My Environmentalism will be Intersectional or it will be bullshit
By Adam Ramsey, Open Democracy
The environmental movement will never save the planet unless it actively focusses its ire clearly on those who are most to blame for the crisis - the powerful.
The End of Power: Review
By Tom Atlee, P2P Foundation
“Moises Naim’s new book THE END OF POWER should properly be called “The Decay of Power”. His thesis is that while it is becoming easier to get power, it is also becoming harder to use it to control others and harder to keep it once you have it.
Social Inertia in the face of Climate Change
By Roger Boyd, Humanity's Test
Why is it that human civilization has been unable to take the steps required to forestall the devastating consequences of climate change, which may even include societal collapse, when faced with a scientific consensus that it is a very real phenomenon and requires urgent action?