Average is over : powering America beyond the age of the great stagnation /

There are more rich people and more poor people in our country than ever before. That widening gap means dealing with one big, uncomfortable truth. Tthe middle is growing thinner and thinner. Globally renowned economist Tyler Cowen explains how this happened. High earners are taking ever more advant...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Cowen, Tyler
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Dutton, [2013]
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Table of Contents:
  • Welcome to the hyper-meritocracy. Work and wages in iWorld ; The big earners and the big losers ; Why are so many people out of work?
  • What games are teaching us. New work, old game ; Our freestyle future ; Why intuition isn't helping you get a job ; The new office : regular, stupid, and frustrating ; Why the Turing game doesn't matter
  • The new world of work. The new geography ; Relearning education ; The end of average science ; A new social contract?