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050 00 HC110.I5|bF847 2023 
082 00 339.2/20973|223/eng/20230518 
100 1  Fuhrer, Jeff,|eauthor. 
245 14 The myth that made us :|bhow false beliefs about racism 
       and meritocracy broke our economy (and how to fix it) /
       |cJeff Fuhrer. 
264  1 Cambridge, Massachusetts :|bThe MIT Press,|c[2023] 
300    xiii, 363 pages :|billustrations, map ;|c24 cm 
336    text|btxt|2rdacontent 
337    unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 
338    volume|bnc|2rdacarrier 
504    Includes bibliographical references and index. 
505 0  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. 
520    "How resistance to fix economic inequality is tied to the 
       persistent myth of meritocracy, and how to change the 
       narrative"--|cProvided by publisher. 
650  0 Income distribution|zUnited States. 
650  0 Equality|zUnited States. 
650  0 American Dream. 
650  0 Merit (Ethics) 
650  7 American Dream.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01738531 
650  7 Equality.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst00914456 
650  7 Income distribution.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst00968670 
650  7 Merit (Ethics)|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01017192 
651  7 United States.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01204155 
776 08 |iOnline version:|aFuhrer, Jeffrey C.|tMyth that made us
       |dCambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, [2023]
       |z9780262375825|w(DLC)  2022054394 
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