First, how did society develop from bands of hunter and gatherers to our current political system? Where did the concepts of accountability come from? And why was a swell of democracy followed by a decline in democratic gain? What is behind political decay? Francis Fukuyama poses these questions in his latest book, The Origins of Political Order: From Prehuman Times to the French Revolution. [ dur: 28 mins. ]
- Francis Fukuyama, author, senior fellow at Stanford Univ.;
Then, on the Scholars’ Circle, what are the trends and consequences of increasingly unequal society? We look at inequality, its causes and consequences. [ dur: 27 mins. ]
- Prof. Lane Kenworthy, Sociology and Political science Univ. of AZ.; Author: Progress for the Poor
- Prof. Miles Corak, Prof. of Economics, Univ. of Ottawa, Canada; Author: Generational Income Mobility in North America and Europe
- Prof. Sylvia Allegretto, Center on Wage & Employment Dynamics, Labor Economist , UC Berkeley. Author : The State of Working America:
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