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DESCRIPTION:This month's Other Voices TV will undergo a slight (and temporary) change 
 in format as PPJC Director Paul George delivers a talk, rather than 
 interviewing a guest.  Paul has given this well-received talk all around 
 the Bay Area and PPJC thought it was time he delivered it for PPJC's own 
 audience.\n\nOver the past generation, the concentration of wealth in the 
 hands of a tiny elite in the U.S. has grown at an astonishing rate. Today, 
 a mere 1% of the population controls 40% of the national wealth, an 
 all-time record. This concentration of wealth has also resulted in a 
 concentration of political power, and this concentration of wealth and 
 political power has brought us to what is being called plutonomy: an 
 economy powered solely by and solely for the wealthy. The "average 
 American" consumer no longer exists.\n\nIn this talk, Paul George, will 
 examine how this concentration of wealth and power came to be. 
 (Unsurprisingly, it was not by accident.) He will explore what it means for 
 a supposedly democratic society. Finally, he will propose some ways in 
 which we might begin to reverse course. As former Supreme Court Justice 
 Louis Brandeis noted,\n\n"We can have democracy in this country, or we can 
 have great wealth concentrated in the hands of a few, but we can't have 
 both."\n https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2012/03/26/18710120.php
SUMMARY:Other Voices: A Brief History of Economic and Political Inequality
LOCATION:Community Media Center\n900 San Antonio Road, Palo Alto, CA 94303\nFREE and 
 open to all. Wheelchair accessible.
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2012/03/26/18710120.php
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