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'Tiger Mother' Author Examines Links Between Culture and Success

Dave Iverson

Feb 14, 2014 at

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Yale law professor Amy Chua touched a nerve with her 2011 bestseller “The Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother,” about Chinese parenting styles. She’s back with a new book, “The Triple Package,” which claims some cultural groups outperform others based on three traits. She and her co-author, husband Jed Rubenfeld, join us in-studio to talk about their controversial new book.

More: About the book “The Triple Package: How Three Unlikely Traits Explain the Rise and Fall of Cultural Groups in America” (IndieBound)

Guests:

Amy Chua, professor at Yale Law School, co-author of "The Triple Package" and author of "The Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother"

Jed Rubenfeld, professor at Yale Law School and co-author of "The Triple Package"

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