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200 10$aComing to terms with chance $eengaging rational discrimination and cumulative disadvantage /$fby Oscar H. Gandy Jr
210   $aFarnham $cAshgate$dc2009
215   $a1 online resource (viii, 240 p.)
300   $aDescription based upon print version of record.
311   $a0-7546-7961-6 
320   $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
327   $aCover; Contents; Preface; 1 Introduction; 2 Luck, Risk, and Life Chances; 3 The Natural Lottery and our Genetic Endowments; 4 Rational Discrimination; 5 Markets that Matter; 6 Financial Risk and Insurance; 7 The Criminal Justice System; 8 Public Policy Formation and Evaluation; 9 The Media's Role; 10 "Quixotics Unite!" A Call to Arms; Bibliography; Index
330   $aThe 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.
606   $aDiscrimination
606   $aSocial stratification
606   $aStatistics$xSocial aspects
606   $aChance$xSocial aspects
606   $astatistics$9eng$2eurovoc
606   $ahuman development$9eng$2eurovoc
606   $asocial sciences$9eng$2eurovoc
615  0$aDiscrimination.
615  0$aSocial stratification.
615  0$aStatistics$xSocial aspects.
615  0$aChance$xSocial aspects.
615  7$astatistics
615  7$ahuman development
615  7$asocial sciences
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