1. PACS 4500 Senior Seminar in Peace and Conflict Studies Section 001 Guy Burgess

2. Pictures

3. D2L

6. Online Reserve Readings

7. The Paradigms Anti-War / Protest Nonviolent Direct Action Conflict Resolution Peacebuilding Complexity?

8. Complexity

9. The Inequality Problem

10. Optimal U.S. Wealth Distribution http://www.people.hbs.edu/mnorton/norton ariely in press.pdf

11. Optimal Wealth Distribution

12. Support for Reducing Inequality http://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2013/06/the-divided-states-of-america-in-25-charts/277303/

13. The 1% vs. the 99% Source: Non-partisan Congressional Budget Office http://1.usa.gov/KMX1Ci

14. The Real Redistribution Problem Between 1979 and 2007 Income Shares for the richest 1% grew from 8% to 17% In 2007 alone this amounted to $1,100 billion For Comparison $586 billion -- Social Security $548 billion -- Defense $394 billion -- Medicare $276 billion -- Medicaid and other health related $90 billion -- Education and training $33 billion -- Natural resources and environment $32 billion -- Foreign affairs $25 billion -- Science and technology

15. Higher Education Access by Income http://www.whitehouse.gov/assets/documents/MCTF_staff_report_barriers_to_college_FINAL.p df

16. Unemployment http://floatingpath.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/US- Unemployment-Rate-by-Age-April-2013.png

17. Unemployment http://floatingpath.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp- content/uploads/2012/10/Unemployment-Rate-by-Race.png

18. Joblessness Index http://www.tradersnarrative.com/unemployment-throws-cold-water-on-rate-hike-talk-3446.html

19. Reich: The Truth About the Economy http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JTzMqm2TwgE

20. “Perfect Storm” Mega-Worry Fall 2008 Black Swan Events

21. Occupy Protests

22. King / Kennedy Assassinations

23. Race Riots Detroit Watts Newark

24. Chicago Democratic Convention 1968

25. Kent State

26. US-based Terrorism Oklahoma City

27. Home Grown Terrorism

28. Terrorism & Hopelesness http://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/09/opinion/terrorisms-fertile-ground.html?hp&rref=opinion&_r=0

29. The Multifaceted Inequality Problem http://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/17/opinion/brooks-the-inequality- problem.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss

30. The Undeserving Rich http://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/20/opinion/krugman-the-undeserving-rich.html

31. Brooks Response http://readersupportednews.org/opinion2/279-82/21578-david-brooks-utter-ignorance-about- inequality

32. Addressing the Inequality Problem Problems at the Top – Assortative Mating – The Super Star Effect – Money Addiction/Boundless Greed – Others? Problems the Bottom – Single Parenting – Criminal Behavior – Unemployment History – Low Educational Expectations – Scarcity-Afflicted Thinking – Others? Systemic Problems – Automation – Kludgeocracy – Reserve Army of the Unemployed – Zero-Some Mentality – Matthew’s Law – Stress Limits on Compassion – Under-Performing Schools – Lance Armstrong Effect – Prison Industrial Complex – Others

33. Problems at the Top

34. Assortative Mating The many reinforcing advantages of the elites and semi- elites

35. Super Star Effect

36. Money Addiction http://mobile.nytimes.com/2014/01/19/opinion/sunday/for-the-love-of- money.html?from=opinion

37. Problems at the Bottom

38. Single Parenting http://www.thenation.com/blog/171886/week-poverty-us-single-mothers-worst#

39. Marriage and Poverty http://www.heritage.org/childpoverty/united-statesthehttp://www.heritage.org/childpoverty/united-statesthe through our site and I will

40. Long Term Employment Trends http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/11_16/b4224007222337.htm

41. Low Educational Expectations http://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2014/01/14/arne-duncan-school- expectations-are-too-low-in-the-united-states

42. Scarcity and Thinking http://www.amazon.com/Scar city-Having-Little-Means- Much/dp/0805092641

43. Criminal Behavior

44. Systemic Problems

45. The Lance Armstrong Effect In a highly competitive environment, cheating (exploitation of customers, employees, and the environment) is the tie-breaker. The “win” goes to the best cheater. For capitalism to work, government must “level the playing field” by preventing cheating.

46. Robots http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2012/12/ff-robots-will-take-our-jobs/all/

47. Technology Advance http://mobile.nytimes.com/2014/01/12/opinion/sunday/fri edman-if-i-had-a-hammer.html

48. Kludgeocracy http://www.nationalaffairs.com/publications/detail/kludgeocracy-in-america

49. The Economy: Employers Market http://mobile.nytimes.com/2013/12/27/opinion/krugman-the-fear-economy.html

50. Joblessness Index http://www.tradersnarrative.com/unemployment-throws-cold-water-on-rate-hike-talk-3446.html

51. Zero-Sum Society

52. Mathew’s Law “To whomsoever hath, to him shall be given”

53. Inequality & Compassion http://www.nytimes.com/2013/12/11/opinion/does-rising-inequality-make-us- hardhearted.html?ref=thomasbedsall

54. Under Performing Schools

55. Tax / Subsidy Structure http://readersupportednews.org/opinion2/279-82/21352-the-year-of-the-great-redistribution

56. So, You Want to Fly

57. Deal with All Aspects of the Problem Airplanes won’t fly without ALL of the parts

58. The Inequality Problem

59. Post-It Notes / Arrows X leads to an increase in Y X leads to a decrease in Y

60. Addressing the Inequality Problem Problems at the Top – Assortative Mating – The Super Star Effect – Money Addiction/Boundless Greed – Others? Problems the Bottom – Single Parenting – Criminal Behavior – Unemployment History – Low Educational Expectations – Scarcity-Afflicted Thinking – Others? Systemic Problems – Automation – Kludgeocracy – Reserve Army of the Unemployed – Zero-Some Mentality – Matthew’s Law – Stress Limits on Compassion – Under-Performing Schools – Lance Armstrong Effect – Prison Industrial Complex – Others

61. Complexity

62. Addressing the Inequality Problem Problems at the Top – Assortative Mating – The Super Star Effect – Money Addiction/Boundless Greed – Others? Problems the Bottom – Single Parenting – Criminal Behavior – Unemployment History – Low Educational Expectations – Scarcity-Afflicted Thinking – Others? Systemic Problems – Automation – Kludgeocracy – Reserve Army of the Unemployed – Zero-Some Mentality – Matthew’s Law – Stress Limits on Compassion – Under-Performing Schools – Lance Armstrong Effect – Prison Industrial Complex – Others