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What's luck got to do with it? how smarter government can rescue the American dream
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| 자료유형 | 단행본 |
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| 서명/저자사항 | What's luck got to do with it? : how smarter government can rescue the American dream/ Edward D. Kleinbard. |
| 개인저자 | Kleinbard, Edward D.,author. |
| 형태사항 | 1 online resource (xvi, 304 pages): illustrations. |
| 기타형태 저록 | Print version: Kleinbard, Edward D.. What's luck got to do with it? New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2021] 9780190943578 |
| ISBN | 9780190943592 0190943599 9780190943585 0190943580 |
| 서지주기 | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| 내용주기 | Introduction: Bad luck changes everything -- Buffeted by the winds of fortune -- The denial of luck -- Born on third base : or out on the street? -- It's better to be lucky than smart -- Education is the engine of opportunity -- Insurance as product -- Insurance as metaphor -- The social mortgage -- From insurance theory to political reality -- Healthcare and medicare for all. |
| 요약 | "This book asks you to think a bit more deeply about bad luck. Like gravity, brute luck is a universal force that cannot by itself be turned off. We like to think that we control our destinies through the decisions we make, but in fact our careers and our happiness are shaped to a large extent by the consequences of luck, favorable or unfavorable, that are not only out of our control, but often are unobserved by us. Many successful people expend enormous energy denying this fact, but a franker acknowledgement of the importance of luck as a driver of people's outcomes leads to all sorts of salutary policy responses. In particular, the accidents of where, when and to whom you are born casts a long shadow over your ability to develop fully your native skills and interests in order to lead a productive and fulfilling life. None of us has the luxury of choosing our parents, but all of us are affected throughout our lifetimes by the circumstances of our birth more than we might like to admit"-- |
| 해제 | Provided by publisher. |
| 주제명(지명) | United States --Economic policy. United States --Social policy. United States --fast |
| 일반주제명 | Equality --United States. Social mobility --United States. Income distribution --United States. Human capital --United States. Insurance --United States. Economic policy Equality Human capital Income distribution Insurance Social mobility Social policy |
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