Race & economics how much can be blamed on discrimination?
"Williams applies an economic analysis to the problems black Americans have faced in the past and present to show that free-market resource allocation, as opposed to political allocation, is in the best interests of minorities"--Jacket.
| Main Author: | Williams, Walter E. 1936- |
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
Stanford, Calif. :
Hoover Institution Press,
Ã2011.
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| Series: |
Hoover Institution Press publication ;
599. |
| Subjects: |
| Summary: |
"Williams applies an economic analysis to the problems black Americans have faced in the past and present to show that free-market resource allocation, as opposed to political allocation, is in the best interests of minorities"--Jacket. |
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| Physical Description: |
ix, 174 pages ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 143-166) and index. |
| ISBN: |
9780817912444 0817912444 9780817912451 0817912452 |
| Author Notes: |
Walter E. Williams is the John M. Olin Distinguished Professor of Economics at George Mason University and a nationally syndicated columnist. He is the author of several books and more than sixty articles that have appeared in such scholarly journals such as Economic Inquiry , American Economic Review, and Social Science Quarterly and popular publications such as Reader's Digest , Regulation , Policy Review , and Newsweek . |