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What's luck got to do with it? : how smarter government can rescue the American dream

Title: What's luck got to do with it? : how smarter government can rescue the American dream / Edward D. Kleinbard.
Author: Kleinbard, Edward D.
Publication: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2021]

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Description

xvi, 304 pages : illustrations; 25 cm

Summary

"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"--

Subject

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

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.

Call Number

JFE 21-2758

ISBN

9780190943578
0190943572

LCCN

2020024092
40030391525

OCLC

1195817594

Author

Kleinbard, Edward D., author.

Title

What's luck got to do with it? : how smarter government can rescue the American dream / Edward D. Kleinbard.

Publisher

New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2021]

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Form:

Online version: Kleinbard, Edward D. What's luck got to do with it? New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2021] 9780190943592 (DLC) 2020024093

Other Standard Identifier

40030391525

Research Call Number

JFE 21-2758

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