I’VE PRESENTED PARTS of this book at an array of venues over the past few years and have had numerous discussions about its ideas in less formal settings. I thank the many participants, discussants, critics, colleagues, and friends who’ve offered valuable comments and suggestions. The venues include the American Sociological Association annual meeting, Chung-Ang University (Seoul), the 14th International Conference of the Giordano Dell’Amore Observatory (Milan), the Harvard Kennedy School, the Korea Labor Institute, the Next Centre-Left Century conference (Oxford, UK), the Paris School of Economics, the Resolution Foundation (London), the Roosevelt Institute (New York and Washington, DC), the University of Arizona, the University of California-Berkeley, the University of California-Los Angeles, the University of Kansas, the University of Kentucky, the University of Pennsylvania, the University of Toronto, Washington University (St. Louis), and Yale University. I’m particularly grateful to Corey Abramson, Bruno Amable, Jon Bakija, Jared Bernstein, Irene Bloemraad, Jerome Bourdieu, Ron Breiger, John Bullock, Kathryn Edin, Neil Fligstein, Martin Gilens, Jacob Hacker, Alex Hicks, Michael Hout, Christopher Jencks, Frank Lechner, Peter Lindert, Julia Lynch, Jeff Madrick, Ive Marx, Leslie McCall, Karen Myers, John Myles, Paul Pierson, Charles Ragin, Joel Rogers, Tim Smeeding, Joe Soss, Robin Stryker, Jeff Weintraub, Bruce Western, and Scott Winship. Apologies to anyone I’ve inadvertently failed to include in this list.
Thanks also to David McBride and the production and marketing teams at Oxford University Press, and to Elizabeth Thompson and Ginny Faber for editing.
As always, I’m thankful most of all for my family: Kim, Mia, Hannah, Noah, and Josh.