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02770aam a2200361 i 4500 001 9D52B4186CA011E9A39CB90697128E48 003 SILO 005 20190502010142 008 180921t20192019nyu b 001 0 eng c 010 $a 2018045569 020 $a 1501735470 020 $a 9781501735479 035 $a (OCoLC)1077482347 040 $a NIC/DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCO $d YDX $d BDX $d OCLCQ $d OCLCF $d YDX $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a n-us--- 050 00 $a BJ1533 F2 M44 2019 100 1 $a Meegan, Dan, $d 1968- $e author. 245 10 $a America the fair : $b using brain science to create a more just nation / $c Dan Meegan. 264 1 $a Ithaca, New York : $b Cornell University Press, $c 2019. 300 $a 194 pages ; $c 23 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 $a Introduction : from carnage to Canada -- That's not fair! -- Blind spots -- Oh, the inequity! -- Double down -- Getting to know you -- Declaration of interdependence. 520 $a "This book is about the increasing polarity of American politics written by a cognitive scientist whose work investigates the situations that cause people to feel as if they have been treated unfairly. Why have conservatives and liberals been unable to find any common ground on problems relating to economic well-being and inequality? Liberals look with envy at other nations whose citizens enjoy as rights what many Americans view as privileges: health care, maternity leave, a robust unemployment insurance plan, and postsecondary education. It's been assumed that America is exceptional in this regard because it has a culture of selfishness while other nations have cultures of selflessness, in which middle-class citizens are happy to subsidize those earning less. This book suggests instead that these nations thrive because the middle class selfishly enjoys the same benefits as everyone else. One is less likely to worry about being on the short end of redistribution when one has a low-risk standard of living. The American Left has lost sight of the possibility that the middle class can be sold on the personal benefits of an increased role for government in protecting its citizens"-- $c Provided by publisher. 650 0 $a Fairness $x Social aspects $z United States. 650 0 $a Fairness $x Political aspects $z United States. 650 0 $a Polarization (Social sciences) $z United States $x History. 650 0 $a Social conflict $z United States $x History. 776 08 $i Online version: $a Meegan, Dan, 1968- $t Make America fair again. $d Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2019 $z 9781501735486 $w (DLC) 2018057151 941 $a 1 952 $l USUX851 $d 20190605015115.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=9D52B4186CA011E9A39CB90697128E48 994 $a C0 $b IWAInitiate Another SILO Locator Search