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Rodgers (public policy and economics, Rutgers, the State U. of New Jersey) presents nine papers that explore economic aspects of discrimination in the contemporary United States. The first four papers discuss issues of measurement and methodology. The next three review the literature concerning discrimination against workers with disabilities, discrimination based on sexual orientation, and age discrimination in labor markets. The remaining papers...
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"Challenges believers in such one-factor explanations of economic outcome differences as discrimination, exploitation or genetics. It offers its own new analysis, based on an entirely different approach--and backed up with empirical evidence from around the world. The point is not to recommend some particular policy "fix", but to clarify why so many policy fixes have turned out to be counterproductive, and to expose some seemingly invincible fallacies...
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"The construct of race has always been used to gain and keep power, to create dynamics that separate and silence. Racist ideas are woven into the fabric of this country, and the first step to building an antiracist America is acknowledging America's racist past and present. This book takes you on that journey, showing how racist ideas started and were spread, and how they can be discredited"--Dust jacket flap
The thief known as racism is all around....
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