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A One Percenter Makes the Case for Tackling Inequality , bring Wealth Home , and Committing to the Common Good
Chuck Collins
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“ A call to action for America ’s flush and a warning shot across the bows of their yachts if they flush it to act , Born on Third Base tender a open and compelling case for why the privileged and sinewy must play to overturn widening inequality of income , wealth , and political power in America . ”—Robert B. Reich , former US Secretary of Labor ; author ofSaving CapitalismAn essential piece of version for anyone concerned by the increase wealthiness inequality – made worse by the global pandemic and political partisanshipThe growing riches inequality continues to dominate headlines . The divide between the have and have nots in America is increasingly political and tensions are surface . On one side , the wealthy wield power and reward , keeping the system operating in their favor―all while retreating into enclaves that secern them further and further from the poor and working class . On the other side , those who discover it progressively difficult to keep up or get ahead are dire and frustrated ―waging a rhetorical war against the rich and letting wrath and resentment keep us from find new potential resolution .
But can we suspend both social class war long enough to consider a raw way forward ? Is it really good for anyone that most of high society ’s riches is pool at the very top of the wealthiness ladder ? Does anyone , include the one percent , really need to hold out in a social club provoke by economicapartheid ?
It is time to cerebrate differently , says longtime inequality expert and activist Chuck Collins . Born into the one pct , Collins gave away his heritage at 26 and spent the next three decades mobilizing against inequality . He uses his perspective from both position of the divide to render anew narrative .
Collins visit for a ceasefire and invites the affluent to come back home , investing themselves and their wealth in struggling communities . And he ask the non - wealthy to ramp up bond with the one pct and others at the top of the wealth ladder .
Stories told along the mode research the roots of vantage , show how taxpayer subsidize the wealthy , and reveal how charity , used incorrectly , can actually reward utmost inequality . Readers meet pioneer who are traverse the divide to act together in new way , including resident in the author ’s own Boston - area neighborhood who have set in motion some of the most interesting community conversion effort in the nation .
In the end , Collins ’s national and local solution not only challenge inequality but also respond to climate alteration and provide an unexpected , novel take on one of our most inexorable problem .
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