{"product_id":"the-winner-take-all-society-why-the-few-at-the-top-get-so-much-more-than-the-rest-of-us-paperback","title":"The Winner-Take-All Society: Why the Few at the Top Get So Much More Than the Rest of Us - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRobert Frank\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003ePhilip J. Cook\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDisney chairman Michael Eisner topped the 1993 \u003cb\u003eBusiness Week\u003c\/b\u003e chart of America's highest-paid executives, his $203 million in earnings roughly 10,000 times that of the lowest paid Disney employee.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDuring the last two decades, the top one percent of U.S. earners captured more than 40 percent of the country's total earnings growth, one of the largest shifts any society has endured without a revolution or military defeat. Robert H. Frank and Philip J. Cook argue that behind this shift lies the spread of \"winner-take-all markets\"--markets in which small differences in performance give rise to enormous differences in reward. Long familiar in sports and entertainment, this payoff pattern has increasingly permeated law, finance, fashion, publishing, and other fields. The result: in addition to the growing gap between rich and poor, we see important professions like teaching and engineering in aching need of more talent. This relentless emphasis on coming out on top--the best-selling book, the blockbuster film, the Super Bowl winner--has molded our discourse in ways that many find deeply troubling.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRobert Frank \u003c\/b\u003eis a senior special writer at \u003ci\u003eThe Wall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e, where he writes a weekly column and daily blog called \u003ci\u003eThe Wealth Report\u003c\/i\u003e. He has been with the\u003ci\u003e Journal\u003c\/i\u003e for 13 years, with postings in Atlanta, London, Singapore, and New York. He was part of a team of reporters that won an Overseas Press Club award in 1998 for its coverage of developing economies. He lives in New York with his wife and daughter. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003ePhilip J. Cook\u003c\/b\u003e studied econometrics at the University of Michigan and the University of California, Berkeley. An author and educator, he has taught at Duke University for 40 years and authored several books, including \u003ci\u003eThe Winner-Take-All Society\u003c\/i\u003e with Robert H. Frank, and \u003ci\u003eThe Gun Debate: What Everyone Needs to Know\u003c\/i\u003e with Kristin A. Goss.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 288\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.65 x 8.42 x 5.56 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 01, 1996\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52486791004467,"sku":"9780140259957","price":34.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/siiyNLNqcf9780140259957.webp?v=1759830840","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/the-winner-take-all-society-why-the-few-at-the-top-get-so-much-more-than-the-rest-of-us-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}