Inclusion is an economic necessity (with john a. powell)

Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer

Civic Ventures

Business, Government, News, Politics

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🗓️ 24 May 2022

⏱️ 47 minutes

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john a. powell, the Director of the Othering & Belonging Institute, explains why the concept of belonging is so important for a healthy community and why inclusion is the key to a thriving economy. john a. powell is the Director of the Othering & Belonging Institute at the University of California, Berkeley. Twitter: @profjohnapowell Targeted universalism: a solution for inequality? https://www.cbs8.com/article/news/local/california/targeted-universalism/509-2127090b-7f50-4a91-91e7-04c47acf3309 Othering & Belonging Institute https://belonging.berkeley.edu/john-powell Website: http://pitchforkeconomics.com/ Twitter: @PitchforkEcon Instagram: @pitchforkeconomics Nick’s twitter: @NickHanauer

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0:00.0	Legislatures around the country and the Supreme Court are making participation harder, not easier.
0:09.0	Participation in not just in the economy, but in democracy.
0:13.0	But in the democracy.
0:14.0	You're saying a process of othering, devaluing human beings.
0:18.0	And the solution to it is following.
0:20.0	Inclusion is kind of something that happens to you.
0:23.0	Like you can be included.
0:25.0	Whereas belonging is something that we do together.
0:31.0	From the home offices of civic ventures in downtown Seattle, this is pitchfork economics.
0:37.0	With Nick Hanauer, the best place to get the truth about who gets what and why.
0:54.0	Contrary to what you may have learned in your Econ 101 textbook,
0:59.0	we believe that diversity and inclusion are actually primary drivers of economic growth and prosperity.
1:07.0	But unfortunately, well, this is a pretty diverse country, Nick.
1:11.0	We're not really all that inclusive.
1:14.0	No, we are not at all.
1:17.0	And it's in many ways getting worse, not better.
1:23.0	Concentrations of power at the top are increasing, not decreasing.
1:28.0	Both legislatures around the country and the Supreme Court in particular are making participation harder, not easier.
1:38.0	Participation in not just in the economy, but in democracy.
1:42.0	Right.
1:43.0	And in civil society.
1:45.0	That's right.
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