Discrimination and disparities
"Economic and other outcomes differ vastly among individuals, groups, and nations. Many explanations have been offered for the differences. Some believe that those with less fortunate outcomes are victims of genetics. Others believe that those who are less fortunate are victims of the more fortunate...
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New York :
Basic Books,
2019.
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| Edition: | Revised and enlarged edition. |
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| 100 | 1 | |a Sowell, Thomas, |d 1930- |e author. | |
| 245 | 1 | 0 | |a Discrimination and disparities / |c Thomas Sowell. |
| 250 | |a Revised and enlarged edition. | ||
| 250 | |a First revised edition. | ||
| 264 | 1 | |a New York : |b Basic Books, |c 2019. | |
| 264 | 4 | |c Ã2019 | |
| 300 | |a viii, 308 pages ; |c 25 cm | ||
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| 500 | |a "Originally published in hardcover and ebook by Basic Books in March 2018"--Title page verso. | ||
| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-282) and index. | ||
| 505 | 0 | |a Disparities and prerequisites -- Discrimination : meanings and costs -- Sorting and unsorting people -- The world of numbers -- The world of words -- Social visions and human consequences -- Facts, assumptions and goals. | |
| 520 | |a "Economic and other outcomes differ vastly among individuals, groups, and nations. Many explanations have been offered for the differences. Some believe that those with less fortunate outcomes are victims of genetics. Others believe that those who are less fortunate are victims of the more fortunate. Discrimination and Disparities gathers a wide array of empirical evidence to challenge the idea that different economic outcomes can be explained by any one factor, be it discrimination, exploitation, or genetics. This revised and enlarged edition also analyzes the human consequences of the prevailing social vision of these disparities and the policies based on that vision-from educational disasters to widespread crime and violence"--Publisher's website. | ||
| 650 | 0 | |a Income distribution. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Discrimination |x Economic aspects. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Minorities |z United States |x Economic conditions. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Minorities |x Economic aspects |z United States. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Race discrimination |z United States. | |
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