Coming to terms with chance : engaging rational discrimination and cumulative disadvantage /

Coming to terms with chance : engaging rational discrimination and cumulative disadvantage /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Gandy Jr, Oscar H.
Imprint:	Farnham ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, ©2009.
Description:	1 online resource (viii, 240 pages)
Language:	English
Subject:	Discrimination. Social stratification. Statistics -- Social aspects. Chance -- Social aspects. Discrimination. Social stratification. Electronic books.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11220119

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ISBN:	9780754699149 0754699145 1282382861 9781282382862 9780754679615
Digital file characteristics:	data file
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index. Print version record.
Summary:	The application of probability and statistics to an ever-widening number of life-decisions serves to reproduce, reinforce, and widen disparities in the quality of life that different groups of people can enjoy. As a critical technology assessment, the ways in which bad luck early in life increase the probability that hardship and loss will accumulate across the life course are illustrated. Analysis shows the ways in which individual decisions, informed by statistical models, shape the opportunities people face in both market and non-market environments. Ultimately, this book challenges the a.
Other form:	Print version: Gandy Jr, Oscar H. Coming to terms with chance. Farnham ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, ©2009

Table of Contents:

Introduction
Luck, risk, and life chances
The natural lottery and our genetic endowments
Rational discrimination
Markets that matter
Financial risk and insurance
The criminal justice system
Public policy formation and evaluation
The media's role
"Quixotics unite!" : a call to arms.