The Age of Responsibility

Luck, Choice, and the Welfare State

Yascha Mounk

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ISBN 9780674237674

Publication Date: 06/17/2019

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288 pages

5-1/2 x 8-1/4 inches

1 illus., 3 tables

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Yascha Mounk is Associate Professor of the Practice of International Affairs at Johns Hopkins University, a senior fellow at the German Marshall Fund, and a senior advisor at Protect Democracy. A frequent contributor to the Atlantic, the New York Times, and Die Zeit, he is the host of Slate’s The Good Fight Podcast.

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