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The Broken Ladder: How Inequality Affects the Way We Think, Live, and Die
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Item specifics
- Condition
- Release Year
- 2018
- ISBN
- 9780143128908
- Book Title
- Broken Ladder : How Inequality Affects the Way We Think, Live, and Die
- Publisher
- Penguin Publishing Group
- Item Length
- 8.2 in
- Publication Year
- 2018
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Illustrator
- Yes
- Item Height
- 0.7 in
- Genre
- Psychology, Business & Economics, Social Science
- Topic
- Social Classes & Economic Disparity, General, Economics / General, Social Psychology
- Item Weight
- 8 Oz
- Item Width
- 5.5 in
- Number of Pages
- 256 Pages
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"A persuasive and highly readable account." --President Barack Obama "Brilliant. . . . an important, fascinating read arguing that inequality creates a public health crisis in America." --Nicholas Kristof, New York Times " The Broken Ladder is an important, timely, and beautifully written account of how inequality affects us all." --Adam Alter, New York Times bestselling author of Irresistible and Drunk Tank Pink A timely examination by a leading scientist of the physical, psychological, and moral effects of inequality. The levels of inequality in the world today are on a scale that have not been seen in our lifetimes, yet the disparity between rich and poor has ramifications that extend far beyond mere financial means. In The Broken Ladder psychologist Keith Payne examines how inequality divides us not just economically; it also has profound consequences for how we think, how we respond to stress, how our immune systems function, and even how we view moral concepts such as justice and fairness. Research in psychology, neuroscience, and behavioral economics has not only revealed important new insights into how inequality changes people in predictable ways but also provided a corrective to the flawed view of poverty as being the result of individual character failings. Among modern developed societies, inequality is not primarily a matter of the actual amount of money people have. It is, rather, people's sense of where they stand in relation to others. Feeling poor matters--not just being poor. Regardless of their average incomes, countries or states with greater levels of income inequality have much higher rates of all the social maladies we associate with poverty, including lower than average life expectancies, serious health problems, mental illness, and crime. The Broken Ladder explores such issues as why women in poor societies often have more children, and why they have them at a younger a≥ why there is little trust among the working class in the prudence of investing for the future; why people's perception of their social status affects their political beliefs and leads to greater political divisions; how poverty raises stress levels as effectively as actual physical threats; how inequality in the workplace affects performance; and why unequal societies tend to become more religious. Understanding how inequality shapes our world can help us better understand what drives ideological divides, why high inequality makes the middle class feel left behind, and how to disconnect from the endless treadmill of social comparison.
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Publisher
Penguin Publishing Group
ISBN-10
0143128906
ISBN-13
9780143128908
eBay Product ID (ePID)
239705200
Product Key Features
Book Title
Broken Ladder : How Inequality Affects the Way We Think, Live, and Die
Number of Pages
256 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2018
Topic
Social Classes & Economic Disparity, General, Economics / General, Social Psychology
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Psychology, Business & Economics, Social Science
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
0.7 in
Item Weight
8 Oz
Item Length
8.2 in
Item Width
5.5 in
Additional Product Features
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Trade
Lccn
2016-056838
Lc Classification Number
Hm821.P39 2017
Copyright Date
2017
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