The Resource Fair shot : rethinking inequality and how we earn, Chris Hughes
Fair shot : rethinking inequality and how we earn, Chris Hughes
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The item Fair shot : rethinking inequality and how we earn, Chris Hughes represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in European University Institute Library.
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- Summary
- "The first half of Chris Hughes' life played like a movie reel right out of the American Dream. He grew up in a small town in North Carolina. His parents were people of modest means, but he was accepted into an elite boarding school and then Harvard, both on scholarship. There, he met Mark Zuckerberg and Dustin Moskovitz and became one of the co-founders of Facebook. In telling his story, Hughes demonstrates the powerful role fortune and luck play in today's economy. Through the rocket ship rise of Facebook, Hughes came to understand how a select few can become ultra-wealthy nearly overnight. He believes the same forces that made Facebook possible have made it harder for everyone else in America to make ends meet. To help people who are struggling, Hughes proposes a simple, bold solution: a guaranteed income for working people, including unpaid caregivers and students, paid for by the one percent. The way Hughes sees it, a guaranteed income is the most powerful tool we have to combat poverty and stabilize America's middle class. Money--cold hard cash with no strings attached--gives people freedom, dignity, and the ability to climb the economic ladder. A guaranteed income for working people is the big idea that's missing in the national conversation. This book, grounded in Hughes' personal experience, will start a frank conversation about how we earn in modern America, how we can combat income inequality, and ultimately, how we can give everyone a fair shot."--
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- 214 pages
- Contents
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- How it happens
- The dismantling of the American dream
- Kenya & back
- The precariat
- A guaranteed income for working people
- Worthwhile work
- Untethered idealism
- Everybody likes a tax credit
- What we owe one another
- What you can do
- Isbn
- 9781250196590
- Label
- Fair shot : rethinking inequality and how we earn
- Title
- Fair shot
- Title remainder
- rethinking inequality and how we earn
- Statement of responsibility
- Chris Hughes
- Subject
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- Equality -- United States
- Facebook (Firm) -- Anecdotes
- Guaranteed annual income -- United States
- Hughes, Chris, 1983 November 26-
- Income distribution -- United States
- Businesspeople -- Biography
- United States -- Social conditions -- 1980-
- Wealth -- United States
- United States -- Economic conditions -- 2009-
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "The first half of Chris Hughes' life played like a movie reel right out of the American Dream. He grew up in a small town in North Carolina. His parents were people of modest means, but he was accepted into an elite boarding school and then Harvard, both on scholarship. There, he met Mark Zuckerberg and Dustin Moskovitz and became one of the co-founders of Facebook. In telling his story, Hughes demonstrates the powerful role fortune and luck play in today's economy. Through the rocket ship rise of Facebook, Hughes came to understand how a select few can become ultra-wealthy nearly overnight. He believes the same forces that made Facebook possible have made it harder for everyone else in America to make ends meet. To help people who are struggling, Hughes proposes a simple, bold solution: a guaranteed income for working people, including unpaid caregivers and students, paid for by the one percent. The way Hughes sees it, a guaranteed income is the most powerful tool we have to combat poverty and stabilize America's middle class. Money--cold hard cash with no strings attached--gives people freedom, dignity, and the ability to climb the economic ladder. A guaranteed income for working people is the big idea that's missing in the national conversation. This book, grounded in Hughes' personal experience, will start a frank conversation about how we earn in modern America, how we can combat income inequality, and ultimately, how we can give everyone a fair shot."--
- Assigning source
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- 1983 November 26-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Hughes, Chris
- Index
- no index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Hughes, Chris
- Facebook (Firm)
- Income distribution
- Guaranteed annual income
- Wealth
- Equality
- Businesspeople
- United States
- United States
- Label
- Fair shot : rethinking inequality and how we earn, Chris Hughes
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 189-214)
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- How it happens -- The dismantling of the American dream -- Kenya & back -- The precariat -- A guaranteed income for working people -- Worthwhile work -- Untethered idealism -- Everybody likes a tax credit -- What we owe one another -- What you can do
- Control code
- on1007053961
- Dimensions
- 20 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- 214 pages
- Isbn
- 9781250196590
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1007053961
- Label
- Fair shot : rethinking inequality and how we earn, Chris Hughes
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 189-214)
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- How it happens -- The dismantling of the American dream -- Kenya & back -- The precariat -- A guaranteed income for working people -- Worthwhile work -- Untethered idealism -- Everybody likes a tax credit -- What we owe one another -- What you can do
- Control code
- on1007053961
- Dimensions
- 20 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- 214 pages
- Isbn
- 9781250196590
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1007053961
Subject
- Equality -- United States
- Facebook (Firm) -- Anecdotes
- Guaranteed annual income -- United States
- Hughes, Chris, 1983 November 26-
- Income distribution -- United States
- Businesspeople -- Biography
- United States -- Social conditions -- 1980-
- Wealth -- United States
- United States -- Economic conditions -- 2009-
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