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The Resource Inequality by design : cracking the bell curve myth, Claude S. Fischer, Michael Hout, Martín Sánchez Jankowski, Samuel R. Lucas, Ann Swidler, Kim Voss

Inequality by design : cracking the bell curve myth, Claude S. Fischer, Michael Hout, Martín Sánchez Jankowski, Samuel R. Lucas, Ann Swidler, Kim Voss

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  • 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 that America - the most economically unequal society in the industrialized world - unevenly distributes rewards through regulation of the market, taxes, and government spending. It attacks the myth that inequality fosters economic growth, that reducing economic inequality requires enormous welfare expenditures, and that there is little we can do to alter the extent of inequality. It also attacks the injurious myth of innate racial inequality, presenting powerful evidence that racial differences in achievement are the consequences, not the causes, of social inequality
  • By refusing to blame inequality on an unchangeable human nature and an inexorable market - an excuse that leads to resignation and passivity - Inequality by Design shows how we can advance policies that widen opportunity for all
Language
eng
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Extent
1 online resource (xii, 318 pages)
Contents
  • Why inequality?
  • Understanding "intelligence"
  • But is it intelligence?
  • Who wins? Who loses?
  • The rewards of the game: systems of inequality
  • How unequal? America's invisible policy choices
  • Enriching intelligence: more policy choices
  • Race, ethnicity, and intelligence
  • Confronting inequality in America: the power of public investment
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9780691221502
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Inequality by design : cracking the bell curve myth
Title
Inequality by design
Title remainder
cracking the bell curve myth
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Claude S. Fischer, Michael Hout, Martín Sánchez Jankowski, Samuel R. Lucas, Ann Swidler, Kim Voss
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Language
eng
Summary
  • 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 that America - the most economically unequal society in the industrialized world - unevenly distributes rewards through regulation of the market, taxes, and government spending. It attacks the myth that inequality fosters economic growth, that reducing economic inequality requires enormous welfare expenditures, and that there is little we can do to alter the extent of inequality. It also attacks the injurious myth of innate racial inequality, presenting powerful evidence that racial differences in achievement are the consequences, not the causes, of social inequality
  • By refusing to blame inequality on an unchangeable human nature and an inexorable market - an excuse that leads to resignation and passivity - Inequality by Design shows how we can advance policies that widen opportunity for all
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1948-
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Fischer, Claude S.
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  • Herrnstein, Richard J
  • Herrnstein, Richard J
  • Umschulungswerkstätten für Siedler und Auswanderer
  • Intellect
  • Nature and nurture
  • Intelligence levels
  • Intelligence levels
  • Educational psychology
  • Hérédité et milieu
  • Niveau intellectuel
  • Niveau intellectuel
  • Psychopédagogie
  • Intelligence
  • SOCIAL SCIENCE
  • Educational psychology
  • Intellect
  • Intelligence levels
  • Intelligence levels
  • Nature and nurture
  • United States
  • Intelligenz
  • Intelligenzquotient
  • Ungleichheit
  • Intelligentie
  • Erfelijkheid en omgeving
  • Rassenongelijkheid
  • Onderwijs
  • Inégalité sociale
  • Classes sociales
  • Niveau intellectuel
  • Psychologie de l'éducation
  • Niveau intellectuel
  • Hérédité et milieu
  • Intelligence
  • États-Unis
  • USA
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Inequality by design : cracking the bell curve myth, Claude S. Fischer, Michael Hout, Martín Sánchez Jankowski, Samuel R. Lucas, Ann Swidler, Kim Voss
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-302) and index
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Contents
Why inequality? -- Understanding "intelligence" -- But is it intelligence? -- Who wins? Who loses? -- The rewards of the game: systems of inequality -- How unequal? America's invisible policy choices -- Enriching intelligence: more policy choices -- Race, ethnicity, and intelligence -- Confronting inequality in America: the power of public investment
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Extent
1 online resource (xii, 318 pages)
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Isbn
9780691221502
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rdamedia
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  • access
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Electronic reproduction.
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(OCoLC)1204170679
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Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
Label
Inequality by design : cracking the bell curve myth, Claude S. Fischer, Michael Hout, Martín Sánchez Jankowski, Samuel R. Lucas, Ann Swidler, Kim Voss
Publication
Antecedent source
file reproduced from original
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-302) and index
Carrier category
online resource
Carrier category code
  • cr
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Color
black and white
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
Why inequality? -- Understanding "intelligence" -- But is it intelligence? -- Who wins? Who loses? -- The rewards of the game: systems of inequality -- How unequal? America's invisible policy choices -- Enriching intelligence: more policy choices -- Race, ethnicity, and intelligence -- Confronting inequality in America: the power of public investment
Control code
on1204170679
Dimensions
unknown
Extent
1 online resource (xii, 318 pages)
Form of item
online
Isbn
9780691221502
Level of compression
  • lossless
  • lossy
Media category
computer
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • c
Note
JSTOR
Other physical details
illustrations
http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
22573/ctv17347z4
Reformatting quality
  • preservation
  • access
Reproduction note
Electronic reproduction.
Specific material designation
remote
System control number
(OCoLC)1204170679
System details
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.

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