Rigging the game how inequality is reproduced in everyday life 2nd ednew york oxford university press 352 pages isbn 9780190216405 paper 3495. In rigging the game michael schwalbe offers a clear and compelling introduction to how the rules that shape economic life and everyday interaction generate and perpetuate inequality in american society guided by the questions how did the situation get this way and how does it stay this way schwalbe tracks inequality from its roots to its regulation. Rigging the game is an extraordinary primer on whats wrong and how it got that way prejudices of race class and gender permeate far more than our financial bottom line sociologist schwalbes very readable and fairly short volume exposes the inherent falsehood of the level playing field promulgated by the self identified capitalists of the . In rigging the game a brief accessible introduction to the study of inequality in american society michael schwalbe investigates how inequality is both created and reproduced guided by the questions how did the situation get this way and how does it stay this way schwalbe tracks inequality from its roots to its regulation in the final chapter escaping the inequality trap he also . In rigging the game a brief accessible introduction to the study of inequality in american society michael schwalbe investigates how inequality is both created and reproduced guided by the questions how did the situation get this way and how does it stay this way schwalbe tracks inequality from its roots to its regulation in the final chapter escaping the inequality trap he also