Ladder Or Lottery

23-04-2026
Author(s): Gary Hoover
Publication Number: ECES-SB361
Issued in: 2026

Overview:

This insightful and data-driven book tackles challenging issues around income inequality, health care, and artificial intelligence, and ultimately equips readers to answer these pressing questions: Is our social contract a ladder to higher economic standing, accessible to all no matter where they start? Or rather a lottery in which many will buy a ticket but only a few will find success? And how can we best align social promises with our lived economic realities?