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Race & economics : how much can be blamed on discrimination?  Cover Image Book Book

Race & economics : how much can be blamed on discrimination? / Walter E. Williams.

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  • ISBN: 9780817912444
  • ISBN: 0817912444
  • ISBN: 9780817912451 (pbk.)
  • ISBN: 0817912452 (pbk.)
  • Physical Description: ix, 174 p. ; 24 cm.
  • Publisher: Stanford, CA : Hoover Institution Press, c2011.

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 143-166) and index.
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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 free-market resource allocation, as opposed to political allocation, is in the best interests of minorities.
Subject: African Americans > Economic conditions.
Minorities > United States > Economic conditions.
Race discrimination > Economic aspects.
United States > Race relations > Economic aspects.

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Race and Economics : How Much Can Be Blamed on Discrimination?
Race and Economics : How Much Can Be Blamed on Discrimination?
by Williams, Walter E.
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Table of Contents

Race and Economics : How Much Can Be Blamed on Discrimination?

SectionSection DescriptionPage Number
Acknowledgmentsp. ix
Prefacep. 1
Chapter 1Blacks Today and Yesterdayp. 5
Chapter 2Is Discrimination a Complete Barrier to Economic Mobility?p. 11
Chapter 3Race and Wage Regulationp. 31
Chapter 4Occupational and Business Licensingp. 59
Chapter 5Excluding Blacks from Tradesp. 83
Chapter 6Racial Terminology and Confusionp. 111
Chapter 7Summary and Conclusionp. 135
Notesp. 143
About the Authorp. 167
Indexp. 169

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