Social Inequality and HCI: The View from Political Economy
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Shows data that wages flat since 2008 while Dow and profits keep rising, arguing growing white space between profit and wage lines drives political instability. Gives hard figures: 40 million people below US poverty line and 2 million incarcerated. Calls for HCI studies of class, labor unions, worker cooperatives and distribution not just production, highlights Maker and food movements, and concrete work on materials such as 3D printer filament made from algae hemp compost and recycled plastics.
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