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Meritocracy and Economic Inequality
Kenneth (Ed) Arrow
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Description for Meritocracy and Economic Inequality
Paperback. A collection of essays providing evidence that the connection between intelligence and inequality is weak and demonstrates that targeted educational and economic reforms can reduce the income gap and improve the country's aggregate productivity and economic well-being. Editor(s): Arrow, Kenneth J.; Bowles, Samuel; Durlauf, Steven N. Num Pages: 272 pages, 48 tables, 38 line illus. BIC Classification: KCB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 162 x 27. Weight in Grams: 516.
Most Americans strongly favor equality of opportunity if not outcome, but many are weary of poverty's seeming immunity to public policy. This helps to explain the recent attention paid to cultural and genetic explanations of persistent poverty, including claims that economic inequality is a function of intellectual ability, as well as more subtle depictions of the United States as a meritocracy where barriers to achievement are personal--either voluntary or inherited--rather than systemic. This volume of original essays by luminaries in the economic, social, and biological sciences, however, confirms mounting evidence that the connection between intelligence and inequality is surprisingly weak ... Read more
Most Americans strongly favor equality of opportunity if not outcome, but many are weary of poverty's seeming immunity to public policy. This helps to explain the recent attention paid to cultural and genetic explanations of persistent poverty, including claims that economic inequality is a function of intellectual ability, as well as more subtle depictions of the United States as a meritocracy where barriers to achievement are personal--either voluntary or inherited--rather than systemic. This volume of original essays by luminaries in the economic, social, and biological sciences, however, confirms mounting evidence that the connection between intelligence and inequality is surprisingly weak ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
Number of Pages
272
Place of Publication
New Jersey, United States
ISBN
9780691004686
SKU
V9780691004686
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About Kenneth (Ed) Arrow
Kenneth Arrow is Joan Kenny Professor of Economics Emeritus at Stanford University and recipient of the Alfred Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Science. Samuel Bowlesis Professor of Economics at the University of Massachusetts. Steven Durlauf is Professor of Economics at the University of Wisconsin.
Reviews for Meritocracy and Economic Inequality
"A distinguished group of editors has compiled this collection of 12 papers by some of the most notable scholars in the field... This book raises important issues about economic inequality, returns to human capital investment, and the role of government."
Choice "This is an enlightening and provocative book of essays that should be examined by anyone with an interest in current ... Read more
Choice "This is an enlightening and provocative book of essays that should be examined by anyone with an interest in current ... Read more