A project of the
Institute for Policy Studies

10 Suggested Interview Questions for Chuck Collins, author of 99 to 1

  1. Why decide to write this book? What is your relationship to the 99 percent and the 1 percent?
  2. How did wealth inequality become so widespread? When did this happen?
  3. Where did the 99 percent come from? What was the tipping point for them to start raising awareness?
  4. Who are the 1 percent? Are they all bad? Are there any differences within the 1 percent?
  5. What are some examples of how inequality harmed our society?
  6. How has the Occupy Movement made an impact since it started?
  7. How can we create an economy that works for the 100 percent?
  8. How has American’s perception and attitude towards wealth changed in the past 4 years? Does Paris Hilton have anything to do with it?
  9. Discuss how we’ve been through this before with the first Gilded Age a century ago. How is this time different? Have we learned anything? What must we do to avert a catastrophe?
  10. What has the government done to help the 1 percent? What has it done to help the 99 percent?

« back to 99 to 1