Inside the Whale: On the Origin of the Democratic Consensus (tags)
In his 1940 short story "Inside the Whale," George Orwell satirizes the focus in Henry Miller's Tropic of Cancer. Miller's characters are protected by the fat of the whale and never discuss the challenges and tasks of their historical time. In his poem Is this an apt characterization of our time?
Oxfam's 2014 Report: Working for the Few: Political Capture and Economic Inequality (tags)
According to this Oxfam report, the richest 85 persons in the world have more wealth than half of the world's population. "Rigging the System in Favor of the Few" and "Cascading Privilege" are titles of two sections in the report.