Linda McQuaig

Linda McQuaig lukee teosta The Trouble with Billionaires.; Neil Brooks lukee teosta The Trouble with Billionaires .

Linda McQuaig and Neil Brooks A program for adults Wednesday November 3 7:00 pm-8:30 pm Free Alice MacKay Room, Lower Level Central Library 350 West Georgia Street Please join us for a fascinating talk by the authors of The Trouble with Billionaires: Why Too Much Money at the Top is Bad for Everyone. Please join us for a fascinating talk by the authors of The Trouble with Billionaires: Why Too Much Money at the Top is Bad for Everyone. The glittering lives of billionaires may seem like a harmless source of entertainment but such concentrated economic power reverberates throughout society, threatening the quality of life and the very functioning of democracy. Its no accident that the United States claims the most billionaires but suffers among the highest rates of infant mortality and crime, the shortest life expectancy, as well as the lowest rates of social mobility and electoral political participation in the developed world. Linda McQuaig and Neil Brooks spark the debate about the kind of society we want. Linda McQuaig is an award-winning journalist and author. Neil Brooks is a professor of tax law at Osgoode Hall Law School in Toronto. For more information please contact Vancouver Public Library at 604-331-3603 Sponsored by Penguin Group Canada and Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives http://www.policyalternatives.ca (starfishian)… (lisätietoja)

Linda McQuaig lukee teosta The Trouble with Billionaires.

Another great event to start October! Ms. McQuaig is always a fascinating speaker. We can't wait to hear her take on the super wealthy. Book the date and time, location to be announced! The glittering lives of billionaires may seem like a harmless source of entertainment. But such concentrated economic power reverberates throughout society, threatening the quality of life and the very functioning of democracy. It's no accident that the United States claims the most billionaires—but suffers among the highest rates of infant mortality and crime, the shortest life expectancy, as well as the lowest rates of social mobility and electoral political participation in the developed world. Our society tends to regard large fortunes as evidence of great talent or accomplishment. Yet the vast new wealth isn't due to an increase in talent or effort at the top, but rather to changing social attitudes legitimizing greed and government policy changes that favour the new elite. Authoritative and eye-opening, The Trouble with Billionaires will spark debate about the kind of society we want. (thebookpile)… (lisätietoja)