Human Capitalism : How Economic Growth Has Made Us Smarter--and More Unequal
Brink. Lindsey
Bok Engelsk 2013 · Electronic books.
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| Utgitt | Princeton : : Princeton University Press, , 2013.
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| Omfang | 1 online resource (145 p.)
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| Opplysninger | Description based upon print version of record.. - Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; One The Rise of Complexity; Two The Abstract Art of Modern Living; Three Capitalism with a Human Face; Four Class and Consciousness; Five Inequality as a Culture Gap; Six From Convergence to Polarization; Seven Reforming Human Capitalism; Eight What Lies Ahead; Notes; Index. - What explains the growing class divide between the well educated and everybody else? Noted author Brink Lindsey, a senior scholar at the Kauffman Foundation, argues that it's because economic expansion is creating an increasingly complex world in which only a minority with the right knowledge and skills--the right ""human capital""--reap the majority of the economic rewards. The complexity of today's economy is not only making these lucky elites richer--it is also making them smarter. As the economy makes ever-greater demands on their minds, the successful are making ever-greater investment
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| ISBN | 9780691157320
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