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Record Nr.

UNINA9910791051903321

Autore

Williams Walter E (Walter Edward), <1936-2020.>

Titolo

Race & Economics [[electronic resource] ] : How Much Can Be Blamed on Discrimination?

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hoover Institution Press, 2011

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (185 p.)

Disciplina

331.6/396073

331.6396073

Soggetti

African Americans -- Economic conditions

Free enterprise -- United States

Income distribution -- United States

Minorities -- United States -- Economic conditions

Race discrimination -- Economic aspects -- United States

United States -- Economic policy

United States -- Race relations -- Economic aspects

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Front Cover ; Book Title; Copyright ; Contents; Acknowledgments; Preface; Chapter 1 - Blacks Today and Yesterday; Chapter 2 - Is Discrimination a Complete Barrier to Economic Mobility?; Chapter 3 - Race and Wage Regulation; Chapter 4 - Occupational and Business Licensing; Chapter 5 - Excluding Blacks from Trades; Chapter 6 - Racial Terminology and Confusion; Chapter 7 - Summary and Conclusion; Notes; About the Author; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Walter E. Williams applies an economic analysis to the problems black Americans have faced in the past and still face in the present to show that that free-market resource allocation, as opposed to political allocation, is in the best interests of minorities. He debunks many common labor market myths and reveals how excessive government regulation and the minimum-wage law have imposed incalculable harm on the most disadvantaged members of our society.