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A collection of supplemental materials to guide classroom discussion of "Aftershock", the selected 2015-2016 book for the Adams State University Common Reading Experience Program.

Aftershock: A Common Reader

The ASU Common Reading Experience Committee is pleased to announce the 2015-2016 Common Reading book selection:

        Aftershock: The Next Economy and America’s Future (2011) by Robert B. Reich.  

        Inequality for All (related documentary film narrated by Robert Reich)

This research guide was compiled from contributions by Adams State faculty and contains essays, poetry, news articles, web articles, academic journal articles, videos, op-ed articles, charts, statistics, and more addressing the multifaceted issue of rising inequality in America.

The issue of rising inequality cuts across multiple disciplines, including but not limited to economics, political science, history, sociology, psychology, and philosophy, and interweaves subject matter as diverse as globalization, the impact of science and technology on society, and how we should define and cultivate a fair and just society.

  • Learn more about the Adams State Common Reading Program.
  • To contribute to this Common Reader, submit your selections to Committee Chair Carol Smith.
  • The Common Reading Committee would like to know what great activities and events you organized around the themes of Aftershock, so we can include it in our annual report. Use this form to share with us!
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