Wicked problems are the massive, intractable issues which tend to defy solutions, or even progress. They're interconnected and systemic, so attempts to affect change often ripple through in unexpected ways. Things like war, epidemics, and climate change are just a few of the things which the Wicked Problems Collaborative will take on.Our first book "What do we do about inequality?" looks at rampant and growing disparities in various forms and looks to help the reader understand these problem from new perspectives, while also offering ideas towards creating outcomes that are more just than those that are currently endured. WPC Book 1: What do we do about inequality?OPENING VOLLEYSWPC CONTRIBUTORS ON TWITTEREDITOR'S NOTETHE BLIND MEN AND THE ELEPHANTPREFACEINTRODUCTION1. TO ADDRESS INEQUALITY, THINK GLOBAL Dylan Matthews2. THE IDEOLOGICAL STRAITJACKET - Sean McElwee3. WHAT DOES EQUIPOTENTIALITY BRING TO THE TABLE IN TERMS OF EQUALITY? - Michel Bauwens4. INEQUALITY, UNCOUNTED - Alex Cobham5. THE INEFFICIENCY OF INEQUALITY - Daniel Altman6. IS CAPITALISM UNFAIR? - Chris MacDonald7. THE PROBLEM OF INEQUALITY - Kevin Carson8. TOWARDS RENOUNCING PERSONAL PRIVATIZATION - Nicholas Archer9. THE INEQUALITY OF WILDNESS AND THE NECESSITY OF WILDNESS FOR EQUALITY - Megan Hollingsworth10. THE STICKINESS OF INJUSTICE - Jennifer Reft11. NOBLE FICTIONS AND SACRED TEXTS - Paul Fidalgo12. THE VOICES THAT ARE NOT YOUR OWN: MAINTAINING CHOICE IN THE AGE OF THE ALGORITHM - John C. Havens13. THE EMPATHY DEFICIT: WHY THE INEQUALITY CRISIS IS ALSO A CRISIS OF EMPATHY - Robin Cangie14. BILLIONAIRES WITH DRONES: FROM OLIGARCHY TO NEOMEDIEVALISM - Frank A. Pasquale15. WHAT SHOULD THE WORLD LEARN FROM THE EXPERIENCE OF INEQUALITY IN LATIN AMERICA? - Patrick Iber16. OCCUPY SANDY AND THE FUTURE OF SOCIALISM - Sam Knight17. THE "PLACE OF BIRTH" LOTTERY - David Kaib & Chris Oestereich18. INEQUALITY AND THE BASIC INCOME GUARANTEE - Scott Santens19. THE AGE OF INEQUALITY: CAUSES, DISCONTENTS, AND A RADICAL WAY FORWARD - Jason Hickel & Alnoor Ladha20. TWENTIETH CENTURY SOLUTIONS WON'T WORK FOR TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY INEQUALITY - David O. Atkins21. THE STATE OF AFFAIRS: HEADING FROM BAD TO WORSE - Adnan Al-Daini22. THE TRAGEDY OF OUR MIDDLE CLASS - Peter Barnes23. POST-SCARCITY ECONOMICS: WHY ARE SOME PUNDITS AND ECONOMISTS STILL ENAMORED OF AUSTERITY? - Tom Streithorst24. INCOME INEQUALITY: WHAT'S WRONG WITH IT, AND WHAT'S NOT - F. Spagnoli25. TURMOIL & TRANSITION - Harold Jarche26. KNOWLEDGE, POWER, AND A POTENTIAL SHIFT IN SYSTEMIC INEQUALITY - Jon Husband27. THE QUESTION OF INEQUALITY: A VIEW FROM INDIA - Akhila Vijayaraghavan28. WHAT YOU KNOW IS BASED ON WHO YOU KNOW - Deborah Mills-Scofield29. INEQUALITY IS ABOUT THE POOR, NOT ABOUT THE RICH - Miles Kimball30. TO TACKLE EXTREME POVERTY, WE MUST TAKE ON EXTREME INEQUALITY - Nick Galasso & Gawain Kripke31. ADDRESSING WEALTH EQUALITY WITH INVESTING SOLUTIONS FROM NATURE, NURTURE, AND SCIENCE - Rosalinda Sanquiche32. THE LOGIC OF STUPID POOR PEOPLE: STATUS, POVERTY AND GATEKEEPING - Tressie McMillan Cottom33. POOR CHOICES - Melonie Fullick34. THE PARTICIPATION GAP - Devin Stewart35. GETTING THE FRAME RIGHT - KoAnn Skrzyniarz36. THE FIRST JOB CREATOR - Adam Kotsko37. LIFE IN THE TREETOPS: A CHOICE OF CHASTENING PRIVATION OR DEBASING PROSPERITY - Chris OestereichNOW WHAT?IT'S LONELY OUT IN SPACEPARTING SHOTSNEXT


The Wicked Problems Collaborative is an experiment which looks to improve public discourse around wicked problems (climate change, inequality, poverty, species extinction, ocean acidification, etc.) through the promotion of new, divergent lines of thinking. The goal isn’t to obtain agreement but to collectively evolve our thinking towards more nuanced, generative perspectives that will lead to positive change.