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Income Inequality Resources<\/h1>\n

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Documentaries, Videos and PowerPoints<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Wealth Inequality in America video<\/a>\u00a0 This is a six minute video from 2012. \u00a0It features infographics on the distribution of wealth in America, highlighting both the inequality and the difference between our perception of inequality and the actual numbers. The reality is often not what we think it is. (See the graphic above.)<\/p>\n

Bill Moyers spotlight on Economic Inequality<\/a>\u00a0A variety of pieces including Paul Krugman on Living in Ugly Times<\/a>\u00a0 and Robert Reich’s Four Big Conservative Lies About Inequality<\/a><\/p>\n

Poor America<\/a> – \u00a02012 documentary (30 minutes) produced by BBC Panorama<\/span><\/p>\n

David Simon – Some People are More Equal than Others<\/a>\u00a0– \u00a0Festival of Dangerous Ideas 2013 \u00a0( 1 hour 20 minutes). . . There are two Americas. In one, bankers get golden parachutes, insider traders return to society as well-paid consultants, and influence is for sale. In the other, opportunity is scarce and forgiveness scarcer, jail awaits those caught possessing recreational drugs, and cries for help are ignored. Society preaches forgiveness for the rich and retribution for the poor. Entrenched inequality and its companion, poverty, are the dark side of the American dream for a citizenry united by name, but not by rules.<\/span><\/p>\n

Documentary: \u201cInequality for All\u201d<\/a> 2013. (88 minutes) Discussing numerous issues in clear and accessible language, former U.S. labor secretary and current UC Berkeley professor Robert Reich makes a compelling case about the serious crisis the U.S. faces due to the widening economic gap. UUSJ is requesting hosts to engage our congregations in watch parties and discussions of this film and what we can do about income inequality. A copy of this film is available for loan from UUSJ.<\/p>\n

Inequality and It\u2019s Political Corruption Roots\u00a0<\/a>\u00a0– February 2012\u00a0Terry Streichen, a Youtube of UUSJ video presentation from the 99 percenters at the UU Congregation of Fairfax \u00a0(12 minutes 21 seconds)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Teach-In Income Inequality<\/a>\u00a0January 2012 UUSJ PowerPoint presentation made by the 99 percenters at the UU Congregation of Fairfax<\/p>\n

“More Videos” with this link to\u00a0<\/span>http:\/\/inequality.org\/t\/video\/<\/a><\/p>\n

OpEd Articles and Other Resources<\/strong><\/p>\n

How to Shrink Inequality<\/a>\u00a0May 2014 Robert Reich in\u00a0The Nation<\/span><\/p>\n

Wikipedia has an excellent article on Income Inequality in the US<\/a> containing both sides of the wealth divide argument, and lots of links to articles.\u00a0 Presents the history, measurements, income levels, causes, the significance of the problem, charts on income at a glance, public attitudes, the decline in unions, change in income calculation, immigration, globalization, race and gender, and by state comparisons, and more.<\/p>\n

The Scope and Depth of Inequality<\/a>\u00a0November 2011 from the 99 Percenters at the UU Congregation of Fairfax<\/p>\n

Books<\/strong><\/p>\n

Unequal Democracy <\/b>2009 \u00a0by Larry Bartels\u00a0 – Using a vast swath of data spanning the past six decades, Unequal Democracy<\/i> debunks many myths about politics in contemporary America, using the widening gap between the rich and the poor to shed disturbing light on the workings of American democracy. Larry Bartels shows the gap between the rich and poor has increased greatly under Republican administrations and decreased slightly under Democrats, leaving America grossly unequal. This is not simply the result of economic forces, but the product of broad-reaching policy choices in a political system dominated by partisan ideologies and the interests of the wealthy.<\/p>\n

Inequality Kills<\/strong>\u00a0 2014 \u00a0by\u00a0Stephen\u00a0Bezruchka\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The Seventeen Solutions 2012<\/strong>\u00a0by Ralph Nader<\/p>\n

99 to 1 2012<\/strong> by Chuck Collins of the IPS Program on Inequality and the Common Good, and a UU.\u00a0 Argues wealth inequality is wrecking the world and presents what we can do about it.<\/p>\n

\u201cWinner-Take-All Politics: How Washington Made the Rich Richer\u2014and Turned Its Back on the Middle Class\u201d <\/i><\/b>2010<\/i>\u00a0by political scientists Jacob S. Hacker<\/a> and Paul Pierson<\/a> argue that contrary to conventional wisdom, the dramatic increase in inequality of income in the United States<\/a> since 1978 is not the natural\/inevitable result of increased competition from globalization<\/a>, but of the work of political forces<\/p>\n

\u2018Aftershock: The Next Economy and America’s Future\u201d <\/i><\/b>2010<\/i>\u00a0<\/i><\/b>\u00a0<\/i> by Robert Reich.\u00a0\u00a0<\/i><\/b>Reich explains how America’s widening inequality had contributed to the great recession and made it difficult for the economy to recover, by undermining the purchasing power of the middle class relative to the nation’s productive capacity.<\/p>\n

\u201cBeyond Outrage\u201d<\/i><\/b> 2012 <\/i>\u00a0by Robert Reich.\u00a0\u00a0<\/i><\/b>Reich focused on why an increasing portion of the public felt the game was rigged in favor of those with wealth and power, why the “regressive right” was nonetheless able to persuade many that taxes should be lowered even further on corporations and the wealthy while many public services should be cut, and what average people could do to take back the economy and reclaim democracy.<\/p>\n

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Organizations<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Interfaith Organizations<\/strong><\/p>\n

Faithful Budget Campaign<\/a> \u00a0. . . A collaboration of Christian, Jewish, Muslim and other faith communities and organizations, The Faithful Budget promotes comprehensive and compassionate budget principles that will \u201cprotect the common good, values each individual and his or her livelihood, and helps lift the burden on the poor, rather than increasing it while shielding the wealthiest from any additional sacrifice.\u201d\u00a0It promotes principles that will \u201cprotect the common good, values each individual and his or her livelihood, and helps lift the burden on the poor, rather than increasing it while shielding the wealthiest from any additional sacrifice.\u201d\u00a0The Faithful Budget lays out ideas for restoring economic opportunity, ensuring adequate resources for the country\u2019s fiscal needs, fostering true security, reducing poverty and hardship, taking responsibility for future generations, caring for the environment, improving access to health care and recognizing the robust role of government in combating poverty.<\/p>\n

Organizing Projects<\/b><\/p>\n