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Author Miller, Brian, 1968- author.

Title The self-made myth : and the truth about how government helps individuals and businesses succeed / Brian Miller and Mike Lapham. [O'Reilly electronic resource]

Imprint San Francisco : Berrett-Koehler Publishers, ©2012.
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Description 1 online resource : illustrations
Series A BK currents book
BK currents book.
Summary "The Self-Made Myth exposes the false claim that business success is the result of heroic individual effort with little or no outside help. Brian Miller and Mike Lapham bust the myth and present profiles of business leaders who recognize the public investments and supports that made their success possible--including Warren Buffett, Ben Cohen of Ben and Jerry's, New Belgium Brewing CEO Kim Jordan, and others. The book also thoroughly demolishes the claims of supposedly self-made individuals such as Donald Trump and Ross Perot. How we view the creation of wealth and individual success is critical because it shapes our choices on taxes, regulation, public investments in schools and infrastructure, CEO pay, and more. It takes a village to raise a business--it's time to recognize that fact"--Publisher's description.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Public Policy and the Success Narrative -- The Self-Made Myth -- Busting the Myth -- The Built-Together Reality of Individual Success -- Stories of Success and the Common Good -- Policy Implications and the Public Investment Imperative -- A Call to Action.
Subject Economic assistance, Domestic -- United States.
Subsidies -- United States.
Social mobility -- United States.
United States -- Economic policy.
Subventions -- États-Unis.
Mobilité sociale -- États-Unis.
Economic assistance, Domestic
Social mobility
Subsidies
United States
Indexed Term POLITICAL SCIENCE / General
Political science
Added Author Lapham, Mike, author.
Other Form: Print version: Miller, Brian. Self-Made Myth : And the Truth about How Government Helps Individuals and Businesses Succeed. San Francisco : Berrett-Koehler Publishers, ©2012 9781609945060
ISBN 9781609945077 (electronic bk.)
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9781280128233
Standard No. 9786613532114
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