Month: November 2014

Athletes, unite: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar on NCAA rules

On By W.W. NortonIn Why Does It Matter Who Wins the Big Game?109 Comments

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar’s record as the NBA’s all-time leading scorer has stood unbroken for more than 25 years. He has been an actor, an author of young adult books, and a U.S. cultural ambassador. Despite his long and distinguished career, he hasn’t forgotten his experiences as a UCLA basketball player. In this November 2014 article published …

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“Self-interest properly understood”: Joseph Stiglitz on economic inequality

On By W.W. NortonIn What's Up with the American Dream?117 Comments

The 1% have the best of everything that money can buy, but they’re still missing something really important. Nobel prize-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz lays it all out in this May 2011 article in Vanity Fair. Read it here: Stiglitz, "Of the 1%, by the 1%, for the 1%”   Stiglitz asserts that the U.S. economy will …

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