16/08/2014
he sees pitchforks, angry mobs with pitchforks - but he would have an idea about democracy: the work of democracies is to maximize the inclusion of the many in order to create prosperity, not to enable the few to accumulate money.
watch a recent ted-talk by nick hanauer
Nick Hanauer is a rich guy, an unrepentant capitalist — and he has something to say to his fellow plutocrats: Wake up! Growing inequality is about to push our societies into conditions resembling pre-revolutionary France. Hear his argument about why a dramatic increase in minimum wage could grow the…