High Stakes: The Rising Cost of America's Gambling Addiction - Tapa dura

Skolnik, Sam

 
9780807006290: High Stakes: The Rising Cost of America's Gambling Addiction
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ISBN 10: 0807006297 ISBN 13: 9780807006290
Editorial: BEACON PR, 2011

Sinopsis

What the explosive growth of legalized gambling means socially, politically, and economically for America.

Forty years ago, casinos were legal in just one state. Today, legalized gambling has morphed into a $119 billion industry established in all but two states. As elected officials are urging voters to expand gambling’s reach, the industry’s supporters and their impassioned detractors are squaring off in prolonged state-by-state battles. Millions of Americans are being asked to decide: are the benefits worth the costs?

With a blend of investigative journalism and poignant narratives of gambling addiction, award-winning journalist Sam Skolnik provides an in-depth exploration of the consequences of this national phenomenon. InHigh Stakes, we meet politicians eager to promote legalized gambling as an economic cure-all, scientists wrestling with the meaning of gambling addiction, and players so caught up in the chase that they’ve lost their livelihoods and their minds.

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Acerca del autor

Sam Skolnik began his journalism career as a news aide and freelance writer for theWashington Post. He went on to report for the Seattle Post-Intelligencer and theLas Vegas Sun and has also written about gambling for the New York Times andSalon.

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Editorial
BEACON PR
Año de publicación
2011
Idioma
Inglés
ISBN 10 
0807006297
ISBN 13 
9780807006290
Encuadernación
Tapa dura
Número de páginas
256
Contacto del fabricante
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