Current Affairs: Income Inequality, Oct 28, 2021

October 28th at 11:30am (new date & time) Current Affairs: Income Inequality-Is it a problem? If so, what are the solutions? What are the Chinese doing to address their income inequality? Mike Wheeler will moderate the discussion. Gary Banks will argue for the proposal and Mark Nunan will argue the opposing side.

Study Materials

Based on Washington Post Series “Sharing the Wealth” and the IntelligenceSquared Debate

“Economic inequality has become a linchpin of modern politics. As nations around the world face a reckoning on racial and social justice and work to combat the economic impacts of the pandemic, we ask: Is it time to redistribute the wealth? Should we address growing inequality by overhauling our tax system, expanding our social safety nets, and investing more in public initiatives like universal health care, education, and infrastructure? Or would a wealth transfer unduly punish the economic elite, destroy the promise of a meritocracy, and inevitably lead to excessive government intervention in our social and economic lives?”

Washington Post Series on “Sharing the Wealth”

Backgrounder from the Council on Foreign Relations

Is Economic Inequality Really a Problem?

Intelligence Squared U.S. Debate: It’s Time to Redistribute the Wealth

It’s Time to Redistribute the Wealth-Research Brief

Listen on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/intelligence-squared-u-s-debates/id216713308?i=1000529064442

Warning of Income Gap, Xi Tells China’s Tycoons to Share Wealth

A Distorted View of Wealth Inequality

6 facts about economic inequality in the U.S.

How the Left Exaggerates Income Inequality -WSJ

How to Distort Income Inequality-WSJ

A Bipartisan consensus on Income Inequality-WSJ