The winner-take-all society : how more and more Americans compete for ever fewer and bigger prizes,...
The winner-take-all society : how more and more Americans compete for ever fewer and bigger prizes,...
The winner-take-all society : how more and more Americans compete for ever fewer and bigger prizes, encouraging economic waste, income inequality, and an impoverished cultural life / Robert H. Frank, Philip J. Cook.
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Publisher
New York : Free Press, c1995.
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N306.4/67
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Language
English
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Physical content
x, 272 p. ; 25 cm.
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Publisher
New York : Free Press, c1995.
Place of Publication
New York (State)
Date Published
c1995.
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Summary
While not for a moment denying that consumers have sometimes benefited - nobody has to listen to a second-rate soprano when virtually everyone can afford recordings of first-rate singers - Frank and Cook argue persuasively that, on balance, the result has been disastrous. They show how winner-take-all markets have dramatically widened the gap betwe...
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Full title
The winner-take-all society : how more and more Americans compete for ever fewer and bigger prizes, encouraging economic waste, income inequality, and an impoverished cultural life / Robert H. Frank, Philip J. Cook.
Portion of title
Winner take all society.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 247-260) and index.
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c1995.
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N306.4/67
Record Identifier
74VMxwLMDVWy
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VMxwLMDVWy
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ISBN
0140259953 (pbk.) :
9780028740348
0028740343
9780140259957 (pbk.) :
DDC
306.4
MMS ID
991002572839702626
