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Race & economics : how much can be blamed on discrimination? / Walter E. Williams.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Williams, Walter E. (Walter Edward), 1936- author.
- Series:
- Hoover Institution Press publication ; 599.
- Hoover Institution Press publication ; number 599
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- African Americans--Economic conditions.
- African Americans.
- Minorities--United States--Economic conditions.
- Minorities.
- Race discrimination--Economic aspects--United States.
- Race discrimination.
- Free enterprise--United States.
- Free enterprise.
- Income distribution--United States.
- Income distribution.
- United States--Race relations--Economic aspects.
- United States.
- United States--Economic policy.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (185 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Other Title:
- Race and economics
- Place of Publication:
- Stanford, California : Hoover Institution Press, [2011]
- 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.
- Contents:
- Blacks today and yesterday
- Is discrimination a complete barrier to economic mobility?
- Race and wage regulation
- Occupational and business licensing
- Excluding blacks from trades
- Racial terminology and confusion
- Summary and conclusions.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- OCLC:
- 961627962
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