The Meritocracy Trap: How America's Foundational Myth Feeds Inequality, Dismantles the Middle Class, and Devours the Elite, Paperback - Daniel Markovi

Reducere. A revolutionary new argument from eminent Yale Law professor Daniel Markovits attacking the false promise of meritocracy It is an axiom of American...

Renowned economist Jeff Faux explains why neither party's leaders have a plan to remedy America's unemployment, inequality, or long economic slideA...

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Reducere. Oriented toward the introductory student, The Inequality Reader is the essential textbook for today's undergraduate courses. The editors, David B. ...

Reducere. A vivid character-driven narrative, fused with important new economic and political reporting and research, that busts the myths about middle class...

Reducere. Vivid character-driven narrative, fused with important new economic and political reporting and research, that busts the myths about middle class d...

#1 New York Times BestsellerThe fiery U.S. Senator from Massachusetts and bestselling author offers a passionate, inspiring book about why our midd...

The best jobs in Britain today are overwhelmingly done by the offspring of privileged parents. Meanwhile, it is increasingly difficult for bright b...

Reducere. Westerners tend to divide the political world into "good" democracies and "bad" authoritarian regimes. But the Chinese political model does not fit...

Reducere. The second book in Kiera Cass's #1 New York Times bestselling Selection series, The Elite is a must-read for fans of fairy tales, The Bachelor, and...

Reducere. From New York Times bestselling author and economics columnist Robert Frank, a compelling book that explains why the rich underestimate the importa...

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How middle-class economic dependence on the state impedes democratization and contributes to authoritarian resilience Conventional wisdom holds tha...

Winner of the 2021 Lionel Gelber Prize: A provocative look at how today's trade conflicts are caused by governments promoting the interests of elit...

Reducere. Canceling Christianity is about the battle for the heart and soul of America, the spiritual conflict we find ourselves in, and how the forces of da...

In a fascinating book that reads like a potent elixir, three parts memoir and one part inspirational self-improvement guide, readers are ushered th...

Education is thought to be the route out of poverty, but history disagrees. Cristina Groeger explores the Gilded Age origins of this idea and shows...

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In the aftermath of the 2008 financial crisis, more than 14 million U.S. homeowners filed for foreclosure. Focusing on the hard-hit Sacramento Vall...

Reducere. This book argues that Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa must invest in the productivity of ordinary citizens to avoid or escape the mi...

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A fierce, historically informed polemic against the idea that the middle class is the key to US greatness, past and future.Publisher: Haymarket Boo...

Reducere. What wasn't learned from a U.S. intervention that succeededIn July 1958, U.S. Marines stormed the beach in Beirut, Lebanon, ready for combat. They ...

Fake: Fake Money, Fake Teachers, Fake Assets: How Lies Are Making the Poor and Middle Class Poorer, PaperbackRobert Kiyosaki -- author of the #1 Pe...

The COVID-19 pandemic closed schools, but this hiatus provided an opportunity to rethink the fundamental principles of our education system. In thi...

America's Growing Inequality presents the links between racism and poverty in the United States, highlighting the work of social justice organizati...

This is the story of a man caught in the middle of what he came to recognise as a huge American destabilizing operation, illustrating how he plotte...

Vergerio examines the legacy of Alberico Gentili's treatise on the laws of war to undermine conventional narratives about when, why, and how the le...

Reducere. Campaigning for president in 1980, Ronald Reagan told stories of Cadillac-driving "welfare queens" and "strapping young bucks" buying T-bone steaks...

Reducere. Salmon Matters explores how the salmon in the Pacific Northwest are directly tied to the vitality of the forest surrounding the salmon streams. Wit...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Byron TullyThe Old Money Book details how anyone from any background can adopt the values, priorities, and habits of Americ...

Reducere. DescriptionFrom the New York Times-bestselling author Stephen M. Walt, The Hell of Good Intentions dissects the faults and foibles of recent Americ...

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLCAuthor(s): Frederick TaylorNumber of pages: 432Publication date: 2014Dimensions: 197 x 131 x 28Cover type: Pape...

Reducere. DescriptionA brilliant and insightful exploration of the rise and fall of the American middle class by New York Times bestselling author, Barbara E...

Description"How do you build a bridge? On a strong foundation." -KRNThe Red Thread of Pilates The Integrated System and Variation of Pilates - The ...

The stories behind the inequality crisis--a forty-year investigation by In These Times With heart-wrenching reporting and incisive analysis, In The...

Reducere. Dream Hoarders sparked a national conversation on the dangerous separation between the upper middle class and everyone else. Now in paperback and n...

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A maverick thinker who's drawn the applause of both the left and right offers a bold new framework for understanding the turmoil in the West

Reducere. Big Corporations and their super wealthy owners have bought many politicians through campaign donations and lobbying. These politicians vote to ben...

This book draws on research at Dreamfields Academy, a celebrated secondary school, to explore how neoliberal education models reproduce raced and c...

Publisher: Cornell University PressAuthor(s): Hagen KooIllustration(s): 1 Maps; 13 ChartsNumber of pages: 162Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 152 ...

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';Compelling and readable ... I had serious trouble putting this book down.'John C. McManus, author of Fire and Fortitude and The Dead and Those Ab...

Reducere. DescriptionMichelle Kennedy had a typical middle class American childhood in Vermont. She attended college, interned in the U.S. Senate, married he...

Publisher: The Highfield Press SouthamptonNumber of pages: 300Publication date: 2017Dimensions: 300 x 211 x 17Cover type: Paperback / softbackEdito...

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