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    The Triple Package: Why Groups Rise and Fall in America
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    The Triple Package: Why Groups Rise and Fall in America
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    The Triple Package: Why Groups Rise and Fall in America

    Written by Amy Chua and Jed Rubenfeld

    Narrated by Jonathan Todd Ross

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    "That certain groups do much better in America than others - as measured by income, occupational status, test scores, and so on - is difficult to talk about. In large part this is because the topic feels racially charged. The irony is that the facts actually debunk racial stereotypes. There are black and Hispanic subgroups in the United States far outperforming many white and Asian subgroups. Moreover, there's a demonstrable arc to group success in immigrant groups, it typically dissipates by the third generation puncturing the notion of innate group differences and undermining the whole concept of 'model minorities.'"

    Mormons have recently risen to astonishing business success. Cubans in Miami climbed from poverty to prosperity in a generation. Nigerians earn doctorates at stunningly high rates. Indian and Chinese Americans have much higher incomes than other Americans; Jews may have the highest of all.

    Why do some groups rise? Drawing on groundbreaking original research and startling statistics, The Triple Package uncovers the secret to their success. A superiority complex, insecurity, impulse control-these are the elements of the Triple Package, the rare and potent cultural constellation that drives disproportionate group success. The Triple Package is open to anyone. America itself was once a Triple Package culture. It's been losing that edge for a long time now. Even as headlines proclaim the death of upward mobility in America, the truth is that the old-fashioned American Dream is very much alive - but some groups have a cultural edge, which enables them to take advantage of opportunity far more than others.
     

    •   Americans are taught that everyone is equal, that no group is superior to another. But remarkably, all of America's most successful groups believe (even

    if they don't say so aloud) that they're exceptional, chosen, superior in some way.

    •   Americans are taught that self-esteem-feeling good about yourself-is the key to a successful life. But in all of America's most successful groups,

    people tend to feel insecure, inadequate, that they have to prove themselves.

    •   America today spreads a message of immediate gratification, living for the moment. But all of America's most successful groups cultivate heightened discipline and impulse control.
     

    But the Triple Package has a dark underside too. Each of its elements carries distinctive pathologies; when taken to an extreme, they can have truly toxic effects. Should people strive for the Triple Package? Should America? Ultimately, the authors conclude that the Triple Package is a ladder that should be climbed and then kicked away, drawing on its power but breaking free from its constraints.

    Provocative and profound, The Triple Package will transform the way we think about success and achievement.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherPenguin Random House Audio
    Release dateFeb 4, 2014
    ISBN9780698150027
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    The Triple Package: Why Groups Rise and Fall in America
    Author

    Amy Chua

    Amy Chua is the John M. Duff Professor of Law at Yale Law School. Her first book, World on Fire: How Exporting Free Market Democracy Breeds Ethnic Hatred and Global Instability, translated into eight languages, was a New York Times bestseller, an Economist Best Book of the Year and one of the Guardian's Top Political Reads of 2003. Her second book, Day of Empire: How Hyperpowers Rise to Global Dominance - and Why They Fall, was a critically acclaimed Foreign Affairs bestseller. Amy Chua has appeared frequently on radio and television and her writing has been published in the New York Times, the Washington Post, the Financial Times, Harvard Business Review and the Wilson Quarterly. She lives with her husband, two daughters and two Samoyeds in New Haven, Connecticut.

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    • 3/5
      Despite the articles stirring controversy about this book ("Tiger Mom and husband are racists and say why their groups are better! WARBLEGARBLE"), I found its main thesis straightforward and applicable to any cultural or subcultural group. The authors also stress that these three traits are keys for *economic* success, so if goal is different, then the Triple Package won't be a complete fit.

      The three traits are 1) a superiority complex (that a particular group or identity is 'chosen' or 'better' for some reason, be it religious ideology or depth of civilization through time), 2) a sense of inferiority (which grinds against 1, causing the group or individual to want to do better. Reasons for this feeling are given as scorn, fear, and family though there's certainly others), and 3) impulse control (yep, the famous marshmallow experiment is mentioned. The Amish are mentioned as a group that has this part under lock, but lacks the first two because their culture's goal is to be humble [though you can have prideful humility :P]).

      Surprisingly short read- within one day during highway portions of a road trip (only possible as the passenger). The extensive end-notes show they pulled research from everywhere, so this feels like a pop-sci meta-analysis.