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Author Fuhrer, Jeff, author.

Title The myth that made us : how false beliefs about racism and meritocracy broke our economy (and how to fix it) / Jeff Fuhrer.

Publication Info. Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, [2023]

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 Newington, Lucy Robbins Welles Library - Adult Department  339.22 FUHRER    Check Shelf
 Windsor, Main Library - Adult Department  339.22 FU    Check Shelf
Description xiii, 363 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Preface: A mainstream economist discovers his blind spots -- Introduction: Like dives before Lazarus -- Part I: The myth. Our national economic mythology -- Public belief in the myth : a survey of polling results -- An origin story for the myth : roots in the founding of the republic -- Part II: The facts. How broken are we? : low (and unequal) incomes -- How broken are we? : the distribution of wealth -- Broken work : the prevalence and characteristics of "low-quality jobs -- The rest of the story : more signs of brokenness -- Part III: The myth versus the facts. Evidence against the the myth -- This is not the only way : international comparisons -- Part IV: Broken by design : how we have chosen to create and sustain our broken system -- The history of systems that have been shaped by the myth -- Part V: The wreckage. The loss looking forward -- The loss looking backward -- Part VI: What are you prepared to do? : the way forward. Change the narrative -- How to get there : a program to build human and financial capital -- The other half of the battle : implementation matters -- Conclusion: A vision of opportunity.
Summary "How resistance to fix economic inequality is tied to the persistent myth of meritocracy, and how to change the narrative"-- Provided by publisher.
Subject Income distribution -- United States.
Equality -- United States.
American Dream.
Merit (Ethics)
American Dream. (OCoLC)fst01738531
Equality. (OCoLC)fst00914456
Income distribution. (OCoLC)fst00968670
Merit (Ethics) (OCoLC)fst01017192
United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
Other Form: Online version: Fuhrer, Jeffrey C. Myth that made us Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, [2023] 9780262375825 (DLC) 2022054394
ISBN 9780262048392 hardcover
0262048396 hardcover
9780262375825 electronic book
9780262375832 electronic book
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