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Friday, July 25, 2014

7-25-14 the becoming radical | Kristof, How Much Inequity Is the Right Balance?

the becoming radical | A Place for a Pedagogy of Kindness (the public and scholarly writing by P. L. Thomas, Furman University):







Kristof, How Much Inequity Is the Right Balance?

I started simply to ignore Nicholas Kristof’s An Idiot’s Guide to Inequality, but I was pulled back into it by Russ Walsh’s Hope, Poverty, and Grit. First, the rush to celebrate Kristof’s acknowledgement of Thomas Picketty, inequality, and (gasp) the implication that capitalism is failing seems easy to accept. But that urge to pat Kristof on the back feels too much like the concurrent eagerness to


7-24-14 the becoming radical | A Place for a Pedagogy of Kindness
the becoming radical | A Place for a Pedagogy of Kindness (the public and scholarly writing by P. L. Thomas, Furman University): What ‘No New Federal Spending’ Really Means | AlternetWhat ‘No New Federal Spending’ Really Means | Alternet1 by plthomasedd / 1h hide  //  saveThe Charter Sham Formula: Billionaires + Flawed “Reports” + Press Release Media = Misled PublicLate in 2013, I shared my own ex