The Political Economy of Fortune and Misfortune: Prospects for Prosperity in Our Times (Timcke Scott)(Pevná vazba)

What has luck got to do with our prospects of prosperity? What appears simply as hard luck often has an institutional anchorage that is amenable to human intervention. Thus, any discussion of luck involves a consideration of politics. In the wake of growing unrest about economic disparities between the 'one per cent' and other classes, this book brings together philosophical insights with social theory to offer a much needed political economy of life chances. Timcke sheds new light on the role luck plays in generating and reinforcing inequalities in the 21st Century and deftly develops a conceptual test to demonstrate how unfair contemporary capitalist societies can
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