Democracy by ZIP Code: Two Americas, one election
How can Americans living just miles apart experience completely different versions of the American dream?
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How can Americans living just miles apart experience completely different versions of the American dream?
Author Thomas Frank tells Bloomberg This Weekend that America’s celebration of creativity and innovation has helped justify policies that elevated white-collar knowledge work while contributing to inequality and the decline of manufacturing. Speaking with hosts David Gura and Christina Ruffini about his new book, The Creativity Con, Frank argues that innovation is neither uniquely American nor a guarantee of broadly shared prosperity. (Source: Bloomberg)
France is tackling nationwide protests, as students, unions, and activists rally against high prices and inequality.
Protests began across France on Saturday in what was expected to become a major nationwide protest against high prices and the fraying of a model intended to provide a basic level of opportunity and social security. The protests began last month at high schools in Paris’ poor northern suburbs, where anger over teacher absences and shabby facilities quickly morphed into a nationwide movement against inequality, weak public spending and falling standards. A large police presence was visible in...