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The economics of race in the United States / Brendan O'Flaherty.

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"Brendon O'Flaherty brings the tools of economic analysis-- incentives, equilibrium, optimization, and more-- to bear on contentious issues of race in the United States. In areas ranging from quality of health care and education, to employment opportunities and housing, to levels of wealth...

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Online Access: Full Text (via ProQuest)
Main Author: O'Flaherty, Brendan (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, Massachusetts ; London, England : Harvard University Press, 2015.
Subjects:
Race > History.
Minorities > United States > Economic conditions.
Minorities > United States > Social conditions.
Minorities > Economic conditions.
Minorities > Social conditions.
Race.
United States.
History.
Table of Contents:
  • What is this book about?
  • Classic texts
  • What's race?
  • Health and health care
  • Employment and earnings
  • Immigration
  • Education
  • Social life, friends, partners, and children
  • Housing and neighborhoods
  • Homeownership, mortgages, bubbles, and foreclosures
  • Crime
  • Businesses and entrepreneurs
  • Wealth
  • Reparations
  • Wrapping up.

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