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Gary Hoover, "Ladder or Lottery: Economic Promises and the Reality of Who Gets Ahead…

5/30/2026 • 72 min

In Ladder or Lottery: Economic Promises and the Reality of Who Gets Ahead (University of California Press, 2026), Gary Hoover asks the reader a simple question: Is our economy a ladder or a lottery? Are people able to control their position on the economic spectrum by their actions? Some argue that, in our market-based economy, if you play by certain rules and… Play episode

India’s 2026 State Elections and Indian Democracy?
H. A. Drake, "The Wisdom of the Ancients: Four Ideas That Changed the Worl…
The Instigators
Why Elected Leaders Subvert Democracy
Billionaire Backlash: Can It Help Save Democracy?
Why Elected Leaders Subvert Democracy
Julia F. Irwin, "Catastrophic Diplomacy: US Foreign Disaster Assistance in…
Oscar Winberg, "Archie Bunker for President: How One Television Show Remad…
Erica Bornstein, "A Revolution of Rules: The Regulatory Reform of India's …
Nathan K. Finney, "Orchestrating Power: The American Associational State i…
Debating the Constitution: On Originalism's Most Pressing Quarrels with Sh…
George Baylon Radics, "Emotional Filipinos: The American Myth of the 'Lazy…
Hugo Drochon, "Elites and Democracy" (Princeton UP, 2026)
Carlos Martins, "Fascism: Beyond Hitler and Mussolini" (Desassossego, 202…
Inken Von Borzyskowski and Felicity Vabulas, "Exit from International Orga…
Beyond Minorities: Power, Identity, and Conflict in the Middle East
Silvia Danielak, "Peace Infrastructures: How UN Peace Operations Build Roa…
Stephen F. Knott, "Conspirator in Chief: The Long Tradition of Conspiracy …
T. V. Paul, "The Unfinished Quest: India's Search for Major Power Status f…
Chiara Libiseller, "Reconceptualizing War: The Rise and Fall of Fashionabl…
Mark Peterson, "The Making and Breaking of the American Constitution: A Th…
Julia Bowes, "Every Man's Home a Castle: Parental Rights and the Makings o…
Steffen Mau et al., "The Trigger Points: Inequality and Political Polariza…
J. Michael Cole, "The Taiwan Tinderbox: The Island-Nation at the Centre of…
What Does the American Presidency Mean? A Conversation with Richard Holtzm…
Siniša Malešević, "Nationalism as a Way of Life: The Rise and Transformati…
Arely M. Zimmerman, "Contentious Citizenship: Salvadoran Activism and Belo…
Caroline Kuzemko, "Climate Politics: Can't Live with It, Can't Mitigate wi…
Miranda Yaver, "Coverage Denied: How Health Insurers Drive Inequality in t…
Who Is Democracy Actually For? People, Power, and the Fight Against Democr…
Assessing Global Democratic Health Amidst a Growing Shadow of Autocracy
Caste and Race: Ambedkar and King with the Ambedkar King Study Circle
The British General Election of 2024: A Conversation with Robert Ford and …
Oil and Militancy in Nigeria: A Conversation with Noo Saro-Wiwa
How Bolsonaro was Convicted: The Role of the Judiciary During and After Au…
Nikki Luke, "Electric Life: Utility Regulation and the Fight for Energy De…
Shameem Black, "Flexible India: Yoga's Cultural and Political Tensions" (C…
The Crisis of American Political Economy: On the New Conservative Policy A…
The Information State: How is the State Surveilling and Manipulating us Th…
Stephen F. Jones, "The First Social Democracy: The Democratic Republic of …
Ladder or Lottery? Gary Hoover on the Consequences of Broken Economic Prom…
Rebecca Buxton and Samuel Ritholtz, "The Way Out: Justice in the Queer Sea…
Jane Vaynman, "Enemies in Agreement: Political Volatility and the Design o…
169* Hannah Arendt on Oases (JP)
Alisa Kessel, "Rape Fantasies: Rape Culture and the Persistence of Sexual …
Daniel A. Bell, "Why Ancient Chinese Political Thought Matters: Four Dialo…
Larry M. Bartels and Katherine J. Cramer, "The Politics of Social Change: …
Victor Li, "Supreme Pressure: The Rejection of John J. Parker and the Birt…
Lisa Siraganian, "The Problem of Personhood: Giving Rights to Trees, Corpo…

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