Fair shot : rethinking inequality and how we earn / Chris Hughes.
2018
HC110.I5 H84 2018 (Mapit)
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Title
Fair shot : rethinking inequality and how we earn / Chris Hughes.
Edition
First edition.
ISBN
9781250196590 (hardcover)
1250196590 (hardcover)
9781250196613 (electronic book)
1250196590 (hardcover)
9781250196613 (electronic book)
Published
New York : St. Martin's Press, 2018.
Language
English
Description
214 pages ; 20 cm
Call Number
HC110.I5 H84 2018
Dewey Decimal Classification
331.2/360973
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."--Dust jacket.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 189-214).
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Table of 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.
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.