Alternatives to the winner-take-all society.
The authors of a new book argue that the rise of a “winner-take-all” society could lead to a future with many losers. According to Other Ways to Win: Creating Alternatives for High School Graduates, by Kenneth C. Gray and Edwin L. Herr, the prevalent misconception that there is only one way to win...
| Publicado en: | Futurist Vol. 30; pp. 43 - 45 |
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World Future Society
May/June 1996
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