The Winner-take-all Society: Why the Few at the Top Get So Much More Than the Rest of Us
- ISBN-10
- 0753522268
- ISBN-13
- 9780753522264
- Category
- Competition
- Pages
- 277
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2010
- Publisher
- Random House
- Authors
- Robert H. Frank, Philip J. Cook
Description
Why does the top one per cent of the population capture such a disproportionate amount of the wealth? Why do top athletes win dozens of sponsorship deals, yet competitors who finish just moments behind struggle to attract a single deal? Why does one produ
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- 1995
- 272 pages
- Paperback
- Penguin Group USA
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