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Daniel Markovits Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

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Guido Calabresi Professor of Law at Yale Law School. Author of THE MERITOCRACY TRAP. Available now: https://t.co/I353KT63IR

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Book Cover for: Oligarchy, Jeffrey A. Winters

Oligarchy

Jeffrey A. Winters
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Alongside all this, the Scandinavian system is also an effective generator of great wealth. https://t.co/wnuacXDfcw From Jeffrey Winters, Oligarchy (p.280): https://t.co/gEHks1I4g6

Paperback, 2011

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Book Cover for: Schooling in Capitalist America: Educational Reform and the Contradictions of Economic Life, Samuel Bowles

Schooling in Capitalist America: Educational Reform and the Contradictions of Economic Life

Samuel Bowles
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"[S]chools prepare people for adult work roles, by socializing people to function well (and without complaint) in the hierarchical structure of the modern corporation or public office." Samuel Bowels and Herbert Gintis, Schooling in Capitalist America (1976). (1/2)

Paperback, 2011

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Book Cover for: Let Us Now Praise Famous Men: Three Tenant Families, Walker Evans

Let Us Now Praise Famous Men: Three Tenant Families

Walker Evans
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James Agee and Walker Evans, Let Us Now Praise Famous Men. Written by a marxist on commission for Fortune magazine, filled with brilliance and fault, despair and hope. https://t.co/U2NayRvzwV

Paperback, 2001

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Book Cover for: A Brief History of Equality, Thomas Piketty

A Brief History of Equality

Thomas Piketty
Daniel MarkovitsDaniel Markovits

Today at Yale's Seminar in Private Law: Thomas Piketty and Danielle Allen on "A Brief History of Equality." For more information, write to private.law@yale.edu. https://t.co/MthHQNqdBF

Paperback, 2024

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