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The winner-take-all society : why the few at the top get so much more than the rest of us / Robert H. Frank

By: Contributor(s): Language: English Publication details: Brantford, Ont.: W. Ross MacDonald School Resource Services Library, 1996Description: 272 p. 12 cmISBN:
  • 9780140259957
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 306.4
LOC classification:
  • HB 238  F828w 1996
Contents:
Winner-take-all markets -- How winner-take-all markets arise -- The growth of winner-take-all markets -- Runaway incomes at the top -- Minor-league superstars -- Too many contestants? -- The problem of wasteful investment -- The battle for educational prestige -- Curbing wasteful competition -- Media and culture in the winner-take-all society -- Old wine in new bottles.
Summary: In this book, two distinguished economists draw attention to an important and disturbing new trend that has dramatically transformed our economy in the last two decades: the spread of "winner-take-all" markets, where more and more people compete for ever fewer and bigger prizes. Such markets, where tiny differences in performance translate into huge differences in reward, have long been the hallmark of the
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Item type Current library Home library Collection Shelving location Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Libro Libro Biblioteca Juan Bosch Biblioteca Juan Bosch Ciencias Sociales Ciencias Sociales (3er. Piso) HB 238 F828w 1996 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00000124366

Winner-take-all markets --
How winner-take-all markets arise --
The growth of winner-take-all markets --
Runaway incomes at the top --
Minor-league superstars --
Too many contestants? --
The problem of wasteful investment --
The battle for educational prestige --
Curbing wasteful competition --
Media and culture in the winner-take-all society --
Old wine in new bottles.

In this book, two distinguished economists draw attention to an important and disturbing new trend that has dramatically transformed our economy in the last two decades: the spread of "winner-take-all" markets, where more and more people compete for ever fewer and bigger prizes. Such markets, where tiny differences in performance translate into huge differences in reward, have long been the hallmark of the

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