TY  - GEN
AU  - Frank,Robert H.
AU  - Cook,Philip J.
TI  - The winner-take-all society: why the few at the top get so much more than the rest of us 
SN  - 9780140259957
AV  - HB 238  F828w 1996
U1  - 306.4 
PY  - 1996///
CY  - Brantford, Ont.: 
PB  - W. Ross MacDonald School Resource Services Library, 
KW  - Competencia
KW  - Exito
KW  - Fama
KW  - Aspectos económicos
N1  - 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
N2  - 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
ER  -