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Author Jackson, Matthew O., author

Title The human network : how your social position determines your power, beliefs, and behaviors / Matthew O. Jackson
Edition First Vintage Books Edition
Published New York : Vintage Books, a division of Penguin Random House LLC, [2019]

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Description 336 pages : illustrations, charts ; 21 cm
Contents Introduction: networks and human behavior -- Power and influence: central positions in networks -- Diffusion and contagion -- Too connected to fail: financial networks -- Homophily: houses divided -- Immobility and inequality: network feedback and poverty traps -- The wisdom and folly of the crowd -- The influence of our friends and our local network structures -- Globalization: our changing networks
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 243-320) and index
Subject Social networks
Social stratification
Social status
Social networks.
Social status.
Social stratification.
LC no. 2019300481
ISBN 9781101972960
1101972963