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Item Information   Copy / Holding Information     Library Journal Review     Table of Contents     More Content       More by this author     Hughes, Chris, 1983 November 26-     Subjects     Income distribution -- United States.     Guaranteed annual income -- United States.     Wealth -- United States.     Equality -- United States.     United States -- Economic conditions -- 2009-     United States -- Social conditions -- 1980-     Browse Catalog     by author:      Hughes, Chris, 1983 November 26-       by title:      Fair shot : rethinki...       by call number:      331.2360973 H893f     Search the Web     Hughes, Chris, 1983 November 26-     Income distribution -- United States.     Guaranteed annual income -- United States.     Wealth -- United States.     Equality -- United States.     United States -- Economic conditions -- 2009-     United States -- Social conditions -- 1980-       MARC Display

Fair shot : rethinking inequality and how we earn / Chris Hughes. by Hughes, Chris, 1983 November 26- St. Martin's Press, 2018. Call #: 331.2360973 H893f Subjects Income distribution -- United States.   Guaranteed annual income -- United States.   Wealth -- United States.   Equality -- United States.   United States -- Economic conditions -- 2009-   United States -- Social conditions -- 1980- ISBN:  9781250196590 (hc.) Alternate title:  Rethinking inequality and how we earn Edition:  1st ed. Description:  214 p. ; 20 cm. Bibliography:  Includes bibliographical references. 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. 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. Holds:  0   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Item type Status   Cole Harbour Public Library Adult Nonfiction 331.2360973 H893f Adult books Checked in Add Copy to MyList

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