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

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Kleinbard, Edward D. (Author)
Corporate Author: ProQuest (Firm)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2021]
Subjects:
Equality > United States.
Social mobility > United States.
Income distribution > United States.
Human capital > United States.
Insurance > United States.
United States > Economic policy.
United States > Social policy.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of 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.