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“Harrison Bergeron” by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.
“Harrison Bergeron” by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.
This Launchpad, adapted from http://www.WhatSoProudlyWeHail.org, provides background materials and discussion questions to enhance your reading and understanding of Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.’s 1961 short story “Harrison Bergeron.” After reading the story, you can click on the videos to hear editors Amy A. Kass, Leon R. Kass, and Diana Schaub converse with guest host James W. Ceaser (University of Virginia) about the story.
derek68·edsitement.neh.gov·
“Harrison Bergeron” by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.
Twitter Bot Highlights Gender Pay Gap One Company at a Time
Twitter Bot Highlights Gender Pay Gap One Company at a Time
Britain requires companies with 250 or more employees to report gender pay gap data. On International Women’s Day, one couple used it to raise awareness about lingering discrepancies.
derek68·nytimes.com·
Twitter Bot Highlights Gender Pay Gap One Company at a Time
Pandemic boosts super-rich share of global wealth
Pandemic boosts super-rich share of global wealth
The share of household wealth owned by billionaires has risen by a record amount during the pandemic, with millionaires also coming out of COVID-19 ahead, a study found on Tuesday.
derek68·reuters.com·
Pandemic boosts super-rich share of global wealth
Trillions of Dollars of Retirement Wealth Have Been Mislaid - Econlib
Trillions of Dollars of Retirement Wealth Have Been Mislaid - Econlib
And once they are accounted for, measured wealth inequality plummets.  One reason that the illiquid and non-market resources of DB [defined benefit] pensions and Social Security are typically excluded from studies of wealth concentration is that they are not directly available in household-level survey data. Our work addresses this issue by taking data from the …
derek68·econlib.org·
Trillions of Dollars of Retirement Wealth Have Been Mislaid - Econlib
The net worth of the average American family
The net worth of the average American family
Americans say it takes an average net worth of $2.27 million to be considered "wealthy." Here's how much money U.S. families actually have at every age.
derek68·cnbc.com·
The net worth of the average American family