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The broken ladder is a clear and useful book about the gap between the society we have and a society we want. Why do people sometimes act in prejudiced ways even when they intend to be fair. The broken ladder by anirudh krishna cambridge core. When we create anything at evive, whether its a tool to guide people toward innetwork healthcare providers, a behaviorally driven nudge to encourage them to save for retirement, or a chatbot to help them quit smoking, were creating it for millions of people. A ladder also represents travels, comfort to a person who is struck by sorrows, or it could represent a great person.
Paynes book will make its readers pause to consider the human condition in more depth. You can learn more about this research in my recent book, the broken ladder, from viking press. Sep 04, 2017 the broken ladder is an important, timely, and beautifully written account of how inequality affects us all. As thomas piketty showed in his bestselling book on inequality, capital in the twentyfirst century, creating a system of capitalism that more equitably distributes. Provided to youtube by curb records broken ladders selah unbreakable. The social and economic impacts of inequality are profound, and welldocumented, but what of the psychological effects. A timely examination by a leading scientist of the physical, psychological, and moral effects of inequality todays inequality is on a scale that none of us has seen in our lifetimes, yet this disparity between rich and poor has ramifications that extend far beyond mere financial means.
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