Nick Hanauer Speaks Out Against Income Inequality in a Pair of TED Talks | Diane Ravitch's blog

Nick Hanauer Speaks Out Against Income Inequality in a Pair of TED Talks | Diane Ravitch's blog

Nick Hanauer Speaks Out Against Income Inequality in a Pair of TED Talks

Nick Hanauer, who may or may not be a billionaire, made a splash when he conspicuously dropped out of the Destroy Public Education Movement and the Billionaire Boys Club, which he had supported with donations of millions of dollars.

He loudly declared that his fellow plutocrats were wrong to blame the schools for the dysfunctions of our society, which he pinned on income inequality.

He has given some recent TED talks, which you should listen to and react to.

One is called “Beware, Fellow Plutocrats, the Pitchforks CONTINUE READING: Nick Hanauer Speaks Out Against Income Inequality in a Pair of TED Talks | Diane Ravitch's blog

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