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  title info:
    title: Ladder or lottery
    sub title: economic promises and the reality of who gets ahead
  name:
    name part: Hoover, Gary Allen
    role:
      role term: creator
    role:
      role term: author
    role:
      role term: aut
    role:
      role term: http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut
  type of resource: text
  genre: Electronic books.
  genre: Informational works.
  genre: Documents d'information.
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: cau
    date issued: 2026
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    form: remote
    extent: 1 online resource (xi, 181 pages) : illustrations
  abstract: Who really gets ahead in a market-based economy. This book asks the reader a simple question: Is our economy a ladder or a lottery? Are people able to control their position on the economic spectrum by their actions? Some argue that, in our market-based economy, if you play by certain rules and make certain choices, you'll achieve upward mobility no matter what economic position you were born into. Drawing on his vast economic expertise, Gary A. Hoover explores what this "social contract" requires of its citizens, and what it offers in return. Hoover shows how civil unrest is often directly related to broken society-level promises, exploring protest movements such as Occupy Wall Street, the Tea Party, the Arab Spring, and student debt forgiveness as case studies. He also predicts where future protests can be expected if results promised are not results delivered. This insightful and data-driven book tackles challenging issues around income inequality, health care, and artificial intelligence, and ultimately equips readers to answer these pressing questions: Is our social contract a ladder to higher economic standing, accessible to all no matter where they start? Or rather a lottery in which many will buy a ticket but only a few will find success? And how can we best align social promises with our lived economic realities?
  table of contents: Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Preface -- 1. Who Are the Haves and Have Nots? -- 2. Poverty and Inequality by the Numbers -- 3. Social Contracts in Theory and Practice -- 4. Occupy Wall Street -- 5. The Tea Party -- 6. The Arab Spring -- 7. Student Debt Forgiveness -- 8. Conclusions and Predictions -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index
  note: Gary A. Hoover.
  note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
  subject:
    topic: Income distribution
  subject:
    topic: Social contract
    topic: Economic aspects
  subject:
    topic: Revenu
    topic: Répartition
  subject:
    topic: Contrat social
    topic: Aspect économique
  subject:
    topic: BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economics / General
  subject:
    topic: Income distribution
  subject:
    topic: Social contract
  classification: HC79.I5 H66 2026eb
  classification: 339.2
  related item:
    title info:
      title: Ladder or Lottery
    name:
      name part: Hoover, Gary A.
    origin info:
      publisher: Berkeley : University of California Press,c2026
  related item:
    identifier: (DLC) 2025027246
    identifier: (OCoLC)1535084668
  identifier: 9780520402638 (electronic bk.)
  identifier: 0520402634
  identifier: 9780520402621
  identifier: 0520402626
  identifier: 22573/cats38851385 JSTOR
  location:
    physical location: POD
  record info:
    record content source: UKMGB
    record creation date: 251209
    record change date: 20260406152404.7
    record identifier: in00005777762
    language of cataloging:
      language term: eng