CiNii 図書 - Hitting the lottery jackpot : state governments and the taxing of dreams

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Hitting the lottery jackpot : state governments and the taxing of dreams

David Nibert

Monthly Review Press, c2000

Includes bibliographical references and index

内容説明

In a critical overview of lotteries in the US, this work documents who really profits from lotteries and who really loses.

The rise of lottomania - discusses the strong opposition to lotteries in the US in the 1960s and 1970s and outlines the economic and social changes that led to a reversal of this sentiment
lotteries in US history - a history of lotteries, from their appearance in 16th century Europe to their use as a means to fund colonialism and provide capital in the United States until 1900. Chronicles the political-economic events of the 20th century that brought the return of state lotteries
lotteries as questionable state policy - examines the economic, moral, and social costs of state reliance on lotteries to generate public revenues
state lotteries and the legitimation of inequality - highlights the ideology reinforced by state marketing campaigns
from promoting public belief in magic and supernatural forces by exhorting people to bet their "lucky numbers" to providing those in economic distress with illusory plans of action
a lotto obstacles to change - summary of key points.

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