Free Discussion: How Much Inequality is Acceptable?

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Inequality seems a natural consequence of rewarding excellence and innovation in a capitalist economy. But the level of inequality changes with the times. A number of prominent economists have recently suggested that we, in America, are now living with the largest income gap in the history of the world. Is inequality an incentive for hard work and invention? At what point, if ever, is the gap too large? 

This is the focus of “How Much Inequality Is Acceptable?” a free conversation with Julia Hammond on Friday, January 29th at 6:00pm at Hard Knocks Brewing. This program is co-hosted by Hard Knocks and Opal Center for Arts and Education and sponsored by Oregon Humanities.

Julia Hammond is a writer and educator. She is the owner of Folklala and the developer of the Folklala blog. The company creates products and projects that explore culture through the arts. She spent the past nine years as a liberal arts professor at the Art Institute of Portland and has taught at Portland State University, the University of Oregon, and Southern Illinois University.