Anointed

The Extraordinary Effects of Social Status in a Winner-Take-Most World
A leading organizational theorist takes us deep into the realm of humanitys most powerful invisible forcesocial statusand how it shapes everything from who we trust and what we value to which ideas and innovations change the world and who gets credit for their success.
A leading organizational theorist takes us deep into the realm of humanitys most powerful invisible forcesocial statusand how it shapes everything from who we trust and what we value to which ideas and innovations change the world and who gets credit for their success.

Why does an authentic Rembrandt fetch hundreds of millions while a nearly identical painting by his most talented disciple goes for a tiny fraction of that price? What makes a restaurant hot, a neighborhood up-and-coming, or a technology the next big thing? Why do people often choose the same se