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Our Kids

Paperback • 2016 • English

Our Kids

By Robert D. Putnam

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About the book

A New York Times bestseller and "a passionate, urgent" (The New Yorker) examination of the growing inequality gap from the bestselling author of Bowling Alone: why fewer Americans today have the opportunity for upward mobility. Central to the very idea of America is the principle that we are a nation of opportunity. But over the last quarter century we have seen a disturbing "opportunity gap" emerge. We Americans have always believed that those who have talent and try hard will succeed, but this...Show more

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9781476769905

Publisher

Simon & Schuster

Published year

2016

Language

English

Original title

Our Kids

Format

Paperback

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