Demo 1

Expertocracy Research

Sources:

• The Cambridge Economic History of the U.S. - Engerman, Gallman, 2008.

• American Progressives and the Rise of Expertocracy - June 2006

• The Ecosystem of Expertise - Brand, Karvonen, 2017

• The Rise and Fall of American Growth - Robert Gordon, 2016.

If I were to continue pursuing this topic, I would probably narrow my arguement to the following:

The rise of expertocracy and the privatization of higher education has put in place a caste-like system that has expanded wealth inequality and raised the barrier to entry for any field that allocates the average American with a liveable wage.

Going forward

I've done my research and I have a narrow-enough hypothesis. The next step is to identify a data relationship, find a reliable source, and come up with an artful way to represent that data.

Here are some rough ideas for data sources:

• Cost of living vs. wages over time. (U.S. Census)

Backup Ideas

A Zip Code Map - Zipcodes in the U.S. are shown on a screen to the left, and on the right, a video is shown that was taken in that specific zipcode.