The Economics of Race in the United States

by Brendan O'Flaherty

Book Overview

Brendan 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 and crime, he shows how racial differences among blacks, whites, Hispanics, and Asian Americans remain a powerful determinant in the lives of twenty-first-century...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674368185
• ISBN13: 9780674368187
• Release Date: June 2015
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 496 Pages
• Weight: 1.92 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.6" x 6.3" x 9.4"