Fair shot
Subtitle: rethinking inequality and how we earn
By: Chris Hughes
Edition: First edition.
Published: 2018
Language: eng
Number of pages: 224
ISBN-13: 9781250196613; 9781250196590
Subjects: Equality; Wealth; Income distribution; Social conditions; Economic conditions; Guaranteed annual income; Economic history
Description: Facebook co-founder Chris Hughes argues that the best way to fight income inequality is with a radically simple idea: a guaranteed income for working people, paid for by the one percent. The first half of Chris Hughes's life played like a movie reel right out of the "American Dream." He grew up in a small town in North Carolina. His parents were people of modest means, but he was accepted into an elite boarding school and then Harvard, both on scholarship. There, he met Mark Zuckerberg and Dustin Moskovitz and became one of the co-founders of Facebook.  In telling his story, Hughes demonstrates the powerful role fortune and luck play in today's economy. Through the rocket ship rise of Facebook, Hughes came to understand how a select few can become ultra-wealthy nearly overnight. He believes the same forces that made Facebook possible have made it harder for everyone else in America to make ends meet.  To help people who are struggling, Hughes proposes a simple, bold solution: a guaranteed income for working people, including unpaid caregivers and students, paid for by the one percent. The way Hughes sees it, a guaranteed income is the most powerful tool we have to combat poverty and stabilize America's middle class. Money-cold hard cash with no strings attached-gives people freedom, dignity, and the ability to climb the economic ladder. A guaranteed income for working people is the big idea that's missing in the national conversation.  This book, grounded in Hughes's personal experience, will start a frank conversation about how we earn in modern America, how we can combat income inequality, and ultimately, how we can give everyone a fair shot.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: How it happens; title: The dismantling of the American dream; title: Africa & back; title: The precariat; title: A guaranteed income for working people; title: Worthwhile work; title: Untethered idealism; title: Everybody likes a tax credit; title: What we owe one another; title: Afterword.