ISBN10: 0691028982, ISBN13: 9780691028989, [publisher: Princeton University Press] Softcover
[Bayonne, NJ, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1996]
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Princeton, NJ, U.S.A.: Princeton University Press, Date: 1996. Publisher: Princeton University Press, 1996, Good, Soft Cover, ISBN: 0-691-02898-2, minimal HIGHLIGHTING & notes.. Soft Cover. Good. 1996. Princeton University Press ISBN 0691028982 9780691028989 [US]

Princeton University Press 1996 Trade paperback New Challenges arguments that expanding inequality is the natural, perhaps necessary, accompaniment of economic growth. This book stresses that economic fortune depends more on social circumstances than on IQ, which is itself a product of society. Num Pages: 384 pages, 13 tables 25 line drawings 20 figs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFJ; JFS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 514. 1996. 1st. Paperback.....We ship daily from our Bookshop.

Princeton Univ Pr, Date: 1996. Paperback. New. 324 pages. 9.50x6.25x1.00 inches. 1996. Princeton Univ Pr ISBN 0691028982 9780691028989 [GB]

ISBN10: 0691028982, ISBN13: 9780691028989, [publisher: Princeton Univ Pr] Softcover 324 pages. 9.50x6.25x1.00 inches. In Stock.
[Exeter, United Kingdom] [Publication Year: 1996]

ISBN10: 0691028982, ISBN13: 9780691028989, [publisher: Princeton University Press] Softcover nach der Bestellung gedruckt Neuware - Printed after ordering - As debate rages over the widening and destructive gap between the rich and the rest of Americans, Claude Fischer and his colleagues present a comprehensive new treatment of inequality in America. They challenge arguments that expanding inequality is the natural, perhaps necessary, accompaniment of economic growth. They refute the claims of the incendiary bestseller The Bell Curve (1994) through a clear, rigorous re-analysis of the very data its authors, Richard Herrnstein and Charles Murray, used to contend that inherited differences in intelligence explain inequality. Inequality by Design offers a powerful alternative explanation, stressing that economic fortune depends more on social circumstances than on IQ, which is itself a product of society. More critical yet, patterns of inequality must be explained by looking beyond the attributes of individuals to the structure of society. Social policies set the 'rules of the game' within which individual abilities and efforts matter. And recent policies have, on the whole, widened the gap between the rich and the rest of Americans since the 1970s.Not only does the wealth of individuals' parents shape their chances for a good life, so do national policies ranging from labor laws to investments in education to tax deductions. The authors explore the ways ...
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Princeton Univ Pr, Date: 1996. Paperback. New. 324 pages. 9.50x6.25x1.00 inches. 1996. Princeton Univ Pr ISBN 0691028982 9780691028989 [GB]