Race, liberalism, and economics / / edited by David Colander, Robert E. Prasch, and Falguni A. Sheth

• Pubblicazione: Ann Arbor, : University of Michigan Press, c2004
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (345 p.)
• Disciplina: 305.800973
• Soggetto topico: Race relations - Economic aspects; Racism - Economic aspects - United States; Liberalism - United States
• Soggetto geografico: United States Race relations Economic aspects; United States Economic policy
• Altri autori: ColanderDavid C PraschRobert E. <1958-> ShethFalguni A. <1968->
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 285-307) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; Preface; Introduction; PART I Classical Economic and Early Approaches to Race; Apes, Essences, and Races: What Natural Scientists Believed about Human Variation, 1700-1900; The Negro Science of Exchange: Classical Economics and Its Chicago Revival; Contextualizing David Levy's How the Dismal Science Got Its Name; or, Revisiting the Victorian Context of David Levy's History of Race and Economics; John Stuart Mill on Race, Liberty, and Markets; PART 2 Neoclassical and Modern Approaches to Racism ; ""Not an Average Human Being"": How Economics Succumbed to Racial Accounts of Economic ManOne Hundred Years of American Economists on Race and Discrimination, 1881 - 1981; Racial Discrimination in the Labor Market; Liberty and Equality and Diversity? Thoughts on Liberalism and Racial Inequality after Capitalism's Latest Triumph; The Anatomy of Racial Inequality: A Clarification; PART 3 Policy Issues; Pragmatism, Liberalism, and Economic Policy; Better Recreational Drugs: Unleashing Technology to Win the War on Bad Drugs; Bibliography; About the Authors; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Explores how economic reasoning relates to the broader concepts of liberalism and racism.
• Titolo autorizzato: Race, liberalism, and economics
• ISBN: 1-282-44537-5; 9786612445378; 0-472-02484-1
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910826208003321
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